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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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]
Solanum nigrum has other potentially toxic look alikes and should be identified with certainty before attempts at foraging. This plant's overall structure looks similar to an aubergine, but its flower looks a little bit different. This plant's flowers are very attractive, looking like a tomato flower, and its fruits are ball-shaped.
Conium maculatum, known as hemlock (British English) or poison hemlock (American English), is a highly poisonous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. It is herbaceous without woody parts and has a biennial lifecycle.
All parts of the plant are poisonous. [3] It was one of many plants first described by Linnaeus in volume one of the 1753 (tenth) edition of his Species Plantarum. [4] The Latin species epithet viridis means "green". Two subspecies are recognised: Helleborus viridis subsp. viridis from Central Europe and the maritime Alps