Here in Northland we know summer has arrived when carrot weed makes its appearance along the roadsides and often in pasture paddocks, too. It has a botanical name, of course, oenanthe pimpinelloides, and is also known as Parsley Dropwort. I don't remember it being around years ago but it certainly is part of every summer now. Shame it's such a pest because it can look quite pretty.
Here it is alongside our roadside front fence:
An old farm fence:
