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Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...
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 plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [43] Agave spp.
What does poison ivy look like? Poison ivy can grow as a vine or a small shrub, trailing along the ground or even climbing low plants, trees and poles.Look for three glossy leaflets. The common ...
Atropa bella-donna flower. Atropa bella-donna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long.
Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane, amy root, hemp dogbane, prairie dogbane, Indian hemp, rheumatism root, or wild cotton) [4] is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America—in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It is poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, and horses. All parts of the plant are ...
More specifically it is known as "meadow death-camas" to distinguish it from other related plants. [22] The variety gramineum is sometimes called "grassy deathcamas". [23] The "camas" part of its name is due the resemblance of the bulbs to those of the edible Camassia flowers. [24] Other common names include "poison onion" and "poison camas". [25]
Calotropis is a poisonous plant. The active principles are uscharin, calotoxin, calactin, and calotropin. [citation needed] The leaves and stem when incised yield thick milky juice. It is used as an arrow poison, cattle poison (see also Sutari), rarely for suicide and homicide and mostly an accidental poison.