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Contains an enzyme which destroys vitamin B 1, leading to brain damage in sheep and horses [10] Melilotus: Sweetclover Includes Melilotus alba (white sweetclover) and M. officinalis (yellow sweetclover), can be grazed as a forage crop, but mold or spoilage converts coumarins to toxic dicumarol, thus moldy hay or silage is dangerous [5] Nerium ...
Cascabela thevetia (synonym Thevetia peruviana) is a poisonous plant native throughout Mexico and in Central America, and cultivated widely as an ornamental. It is a relative of Nerium oleander , giving it a common name yellow oleander .
The plant generally gets more toxic with maturity, with the exception of the berries (which have significant toxicity even while green). [171] Pieris japonica: Japanese pieris Ericaceae: The plant is poisonous if consumed by people or animals. [172] Plumeria spp. frangipani Apocynaceae: Contact with the milky latex may irritate eyes and skin ...
Horses do not normally eat fresh ragwort due to its taste. [citation needed] [26] The result, if sufficient quantity is consumed, can be irreversible cirrhosis of the liver of a form identified as megalocytosis where cells are abnormally enlarged. Signs that a horse has been poisoned include yellow mucous membranes, depression, and lack of ...
It is a tuberous-rooted herbaceous perennial growing to 15 cm (6 in), with large (2–3 cm (1–1 in)), yellow, cup-shaped flowers held above a collar of 3 leaf-like bracts, appearing in late winter and early spring. The six sepals are bright yellow and petaloid, and the petals are of tubular nectaries. [2]
It has fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves and distinctive flowers with bright yellow, glossy petals. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Native to Europe and Western Asia, it is now introduced in North America, where it is known by the common name fig buttercup and considered an invasive species .
The flowers have five petals and are usually white or purple with yellow centers, though there is a blue variant that resembles the tomato flower. The fruits are berries that resemble tomatoes. The immature fruit is dark green with light green stripes, turning yellow and wrinkled as it matures. Each fruit contains around 60 seeds. It flowers ...
Arnica montana, also known as wolf's bane, leopard's bane, mountain tobacco and mountain arnica, [4] is a moderately toxic European flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae that has a large yellow flower head. The names "wolf's bane" and "leopard's bane" are also used for another plant, Aconitum, which is extremely poisonous.