Someone I knew had terrible hallucinations from Jimsonweed for hours once, when I was a teenager. It was scary to see.
TTIWWP
(Usually reserved for topics unrelated to weeds but...)
Same for poison ivy smoke.
Bkmrk.
The liberus hypocriticus fascia is the most poisenous plant known ever in the history of mankind.
It leeches onto the body politic and sucks it dry all the time disguised as just another leaf.
Oleander may look nice, but tastes horrible. Not much chance of anyone eating it. As a kid, we had it in our yard, and most kids in the neighborhood tasted it on a dare. It’s intensely bitter in the worst way.
Ginger used Oleander to cook up rat poison in Gilligan’s Island. It’s serious stuff. Freaked out Gilligan because it fed into his homicide paranoia, can’t remember what it was that triggered him.
No mushrooms, no poison ivy, poison oak.
And the most dangerous of all: Kudzoo pelososaurus democratratorious!
They left one off of the list:
The Hildabeast
The Hildabeast, or Leftwingus Fatcalvious, has pretty ugly seeds (see the result: Uglius ChelHubbell Howdydoodius). The outer portion of the seed is an eerily deep red, with a black heart. These seeds are very unsteady - when placed on a flat surface, they fall over at unpredictable intervals for undetermined reasons. These seeds are highly poisonous - so much so that even looking at them can cause immediate paralysis and a stone-like skin texture, which is incurable. The plant seems to enjoy alcohol, the stronger the better.
In the 60’s in Florida, I remember some tourists went to the hospital when they used oleander branches to cook their hot fogs over a fire. ( the good old days - open fires on the beach). Also I had a pet rabbit die on Sullivans Island Sc when it escaped and feed on the oleander that was planted as a privacy hedge on our house.
Let’s see... there’s Jimson Weed, Castor Bean, and Oleander all within walking distance... this is a regular witches’ cauldron of a neighborhood.
We also have Mexican Pencil Tree but it’s not on the list. Should be.
Oh.
I thought it was going to be a thread about John McCain, George Will or maybe Jeff ‘da’ Flake.
Bttt.
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So weird! After I saw aheadline today on FR, “Michelle Obama Pretty as a Flower”, I did a search for ten most poisonous plants.
Lived in west Africa when I was a kid. I Climbed a mango tree once to avail myself of some of the delicious sun ripened fruit. Don’t ever do that. My entire body broke out in hives. Turns out that the mango tree is related to poison ivey, don’t ever climb them or touch them, In fact just don’t even go near them, buy your mangos at the market, you’re welcome.
Oleander is planted in the middle of many of California’s highways. 3 leaves can kill a horse.
Here in Phoenix developers plant oleander like crazy, especially in new housing communities. When I bought my new construction home 28 years ago, I immedately had all planted oleander removed from my lot.
Oleander is so toxic, if you burn the trunks and branches, the smoke is deadly poisonous.
Good information but needed more photographs.
Sounds like 99% of the "New Drug" Ads on TV.
This {insert new drug name here} will possibly fix the problem you have but...
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The next time I see My GP I'm going to ask about getting the Drugs that will:
1) Give Me a new Puppy to roll in the grass with.
2) Suddenly be sitting on a beach on a beautiful day.
3) Take Dancing Lessons with the Lady in a red dress and then eat at a Sidewalk Cafe with her and another woman.
You get the idea;)