Sidmouth invaded by triffids

Well maybe not triffids, but almost as dangerous, if the Sidmouth Herald is to be believed.

  

According to this worthy local newspaper, the town has been invaded by feral onions that have reduced tourists to tears. Visitors are lulled into a false sense of security because “the tiny plants resemble a meadow of pretty white wildflowers”. But they are actually illegal immigrants  from the Mediterranean — “Allium triquetrum, part of the same family as onions and garlic” — and “they give off a potent pong which is wafting across Sidmouth forcing disgusted tourists and locals to hold their noses”.

  

“Worse still,” the paper continues, “the smelly interlopers are actually wiping out native species like the bluebells, a distant cousin, that carpet much of the town’s pretty lawns and promenades.”