biodiversity·Biodiversitybyfossilesque Meet the Most Toxic Plant in North Americahttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/spotted-water-hemlock-toxic-plantOpen linkView original on mander.xyz61Comments5Reply
agent_flounder lemmy.worldWell that's a horrifying way to die. Holy jeepers. I will stick to its cousins, including fennel and carrot.11Reply
dumples kbin.social1Hide 1 replyYou don't fuck with the carrot family. There's lots of poison in there. Mint family, violet family (True violets, not African violets) and onion family go crazy. They are pretty much all safe for human consumption. Carrots be cautious7Reply
ooldone kbin.socialAlso - giant hogweed, which will burn you...https://www.nps.gov/articles/species-spotlight-giant-hogweed.htm5Reply
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Well that's a horrifying way to die. Holy jeepers.
I will stick to its cousins, including fennel and carrot.
You don't fuck with the carrot family. There's lots of poison in there.
Mint family, violet family (True violets, not African violets) and onion family go crazy. They are pretty much all safe for human consumption. Carrots be cautious
There's one in every family.
Also - giant hogweed, which will burn you...https://www.nps.gov/articles/species-spotlight-giant-hogweed.htm
I've seen lots of this in fens