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Hungry or thirsty horses are more likely to eat poisonous plants, as are those pastured on overgrazed lands. [5] Animals with mineral deficiencies due to poor diets will sometimes seek out poisonous plants. [6] Poisonous plants are more of a danger to livestock after wildfires, as they often regrow more quickly. [7]
Veratrum californicum (California corn lily, white or California false hellebore) is an extremely poisonous plant [1] native to western North America, including the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, as far north as Washington and as far south as Durango; depending on latitude, it grows from near sea level to as high as 11,000 feet.
The petals of each flower are fused together to form a trumpet shape, 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) across at the mouth, which has five to eight lobes. Inside the flower there are five to eight stamens . After fertilization , a globular white fruit (a drupe ) forms, 8–12 millimetres (0.3–0.5 in) across, containing from one to four seeds.
Find out if holly berries are poisonous to pets or small children and get expert tips on avoiding any harm. ... California, and Alaska, and is endangering native habitat in Redwood National Park ...
The large, showy, golden yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers are in clusters at the ends of branches. The corolla of the flower is bell- to funnel-shaped, five-lobed (weakly two-lipped), often reddish-veined in the throat and is 3.5 to 8.5 cm long. Flowering takes place from spring to fall, but more profusely from spring to summer.
Crinum asiaticum, commonly known as poison bulb, giant crinum lily, grand crinum lily, or spider lily, [2] is a plant species widely planted in many warmer regions as an ornamental. It is a bulb-forming perennial producing an umbel of large, showy flowers that are prized by gardeners. However, all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested.
Black medick has small (2–3 mm) [9] yellow flowers grouped in tight bunches (compact racemes). On larger plants the flower heads may reach 8 mm (5 ⁄ 16 in) or more. [3] The fruit is a single-seeded pod, 1.5 to 3 mm in diameter, [9] that does not open upon maturation, but hardens and turns black when ripe. Each pod contains a single amber ...
This species blooms in late spring or early summer. The flowers are purple or magenta, rarely rose-pink, about 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. [10] The fruits are yellowish, tubercular like the stems, [10] and shaped something like the frustum of a cone, with a hollow at the wide end where the flower fell off; they are often mistaken for flowers. The plant ...