It's always good to have a working list in one's head (if you are a gardener or around gardens) of the toxic or poisonous nature of certain plants.
For example, foxglove (digitalis) is poisonous -- heart medicine is derived from it, by the way. Oleander is poisonous. I am pretty sure that narcissus are poisonous -- that's why deer ignore them.
If you have a child or pet that is prone to eating plant leaves, keep them away from these plants.
The University of British Columbia Botanical Garden Website has this post about a young actor who died from monkshood, which evidently is quite lethal. I have two plants on the edge of my backyard shade garden. I had no idea about this.
Friday, August 13, 2004
monkshood?
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I had known monkshood was poisonous, but I had not realized you could be poisoned by external contact with the plant.
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