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POISONOUS
FLOWERS
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| Non-edible Poisonous Flowers |
| Toxic Plants by Degree of Toxicity |
| List of Toxic Plants by Common Names |
| The Poisonous Plant Garden |
| Photos of Commonly Seen Toxic Plants |
| An Incomplete List of POISONOUS FLOWERS Commonly Found in the Garden |
| Poisonous Flowers & Plants |
| Poisonous Flowers |
| Poisonous Plants and Plant Parts |
| Alphabetical listing of botanical names by genus and species |
This
is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected
animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology,
diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural
flora (fungi, etc.).
Other Web
sites concerning poison plants:
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| Texas Toxic Plants Database (Rangeland) |
| Poisonous Plants of North Carolina |
| Poisonous Plants |
| Dangerous Fruits, Flowers and Foliage |
| Search Poisionous Plants and Flowers by Parts |
| poisonous
plant - a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity
can be harmful or fatal to an organism
aconite
- any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having
tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
hellebore
- any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
dogbane
- any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having
acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter
root
Nerium
oleander, oleander,
rose bay - an
ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves
and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East
Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
climbing
lily, creeping
lily, gloriosa,
Gloriosa
superba, glory
lily - any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia;
a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy
yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
common
snowberry, snowberry,
Symphoricarpos
alba, waxberry
- deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers
followed by round white berries
American
holly, Christmas holly - an evergreen
tree
poison
ash, poison
dogwood, Rhus
vernix, Toxicodendron
vernix, poison
sumac - smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish
flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
markweed,
poison mercury,
Rhus radicans,
Toxicodendron
radicans, poison
oak, poison ivy - climbing plant common
in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish
flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes
a rash on contact
Rhus
diversiloba, Toxicodendron
diversilobum, western
poison oak - poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America
that causes a rash on contact
eastern
poison oak, Rhus
quercifolia, Rhus
toxicodenedron, Toxicodendron
quercifolium - poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing
a rash on contact
Chinese
lacquer tree, Japanese
lacquer tree, Japanese
sumac, Japanese
varnish tree, lacquer
tree, Rhus
verniciflua, Toxicodendron
vernicifluum, varnish
tree - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer
is obtained
lantana
- a flowering shrub
Aethusa
cynapium, fool's
parsley, lesser
hemlock - European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley
but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
Cicuta
verosa, water
hemlock - tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally
abundant in marshy areas
spotted
cowbane, spotted
hemlock, spotted
water hemlock - tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North
America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous
tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
Nebraska
fern, poison
hemlock, poison
parsley, winter
fern, California
fern, Conium
maculatum, hemlock
- large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive
in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually
found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
hemlock
water dropwort, Oenanthe
crocata, water
dropwort - European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice
that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all
parts extremely poisonous
Oenanthe
aquatica, water
fennel - European poisonous herb with fibrous roots
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| Poison Houseplants |
| Poison Flowers and Bulbs |
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