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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 ...
Flowers bloom from summer to fall. The long funnel-shaped sometimes-fragrant yellow (less commonly apricot, sometimes white) flowers are in few-flowered terminal clusters. [ 5 ] Its fruit is deep red-black in color encasing a large seed that bears some resemblance to a 'Chinese lucky nut.' [ clarification needed ]
The poison is a complex mix of lectins with the highest concentration in the fruits and seeds, followed by the root bark and the flowers. There is little poison in the leaves. [193] The lectins, generally called robin, are less toxic than those of e.g. Abrus (abrin) or Ricinus (ricin), and in non-fatal cases the toxic effects tend to be ...
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.
Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum flowers at the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley. The inflorescence usually does not have branches and is a raceme, but will sometimes have one or two branches near the base and be a panicle. [7] If a plant does have branches, they will be one tenth to one third the length of the stem.
The flowers, appearing from April to August, have five petals united to form a star, ranging from blue to pale lavender or occasionally white; five yellow stamens and a pistil form a projecting center. The plant produces glossy yellow, orange, or red berries that last all winter and may turn brown as they dry. [5]
Hypochaeris radicata yellow flowers Hypochaeris radicata (sometimes spelled Hypochoeris radicata ) – also known as catsear , flatweed , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] cat's-ear , [ 3 ] hairy cat's ear , [ 4 ] or false dandelion – is a perennial , low-lying edible herb often found in lawns .
Inflorescence in bloom. Solidago canadensis, known as Canada goldenrod or Canadian goldenrod, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. [2] It is native to northeastern and north-central North America [3] and often forms colonies of upright growing plants, with many small yellow flowers in a branching inflorescence held above the foliage.