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Inktober 31: Viscum album
(European mistletoe, common mistletoe).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: inflamed eyes, dilated pupils, slowed heart rate, hallucinations, coma.
Fun fact of the day: European mistletoe is more toxic than American mistletoe, which is in a different genus (but same family) of plantae.
Also you get a xmas plant for Halloween because xmas is just full of toxic goth plant decor as far as I’m concerned.
See #inktober 2018 from the beginning!
Inktober 30: Taxus baccata
(English yew, European yew, yew).
Poisonous: entire plant, except berries, but including seeds.
Symptoms: rapid heart rate, tremors, convulsions, circulation impairment, cardiac arrest, death.
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Inktober 29: Gelsemium sempervirens
(yellow jessamine, Carolina jessamine, false jasmine, evening trumpetflower).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: muscle weakness, paralysis, convulsions, respiratory failure.
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Inktober 28: Aconitum lycoctonum
(northern wolfsbane, wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite, devil’s helmet)
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory paralysis, death.
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Inktober 27: Cytisus scoparius
(Scotch broom, common broom, English broom).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: numbness, nausea, diarrhea, hallucinations, convulsions, coma, death.
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Inktober 26: Phytolacca americana
(American pokeweed, pokeweed).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: vomiting, convulsions, respiratory paralysis, death.
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25: Rhododendron luteum
(yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: nausea, vomiting, muscular weakness, slowed heart rate, coma, death.
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Today I learned that genus Rhododendron has a long and fun history of taxonomical bitchfighting. :’) Like, subgenera aren’t uncommon but this is the first time I’ve run into “section” as a taxonomical division??
Botanical taxonomy is hella complicated: Genus > subgenus > section > species > subspecies > variety > form > cultivar?? Cultivar in the classification is interesting to me since I dont think anyone does that with mammal breeds?
Anyway it’s no surprise I find taxonomy weirdly fascinating as someone who likes lists, classifications, and order. :V
Another good azalea tidbit: “Azaleas and rhododendrons were once so infamous for their toxicity that to receive a bouquet of their flowers in a black vase was a well-known death threat.”
WHAT A COOL WAY TO THREATEN SOMEONE LOL.
Inktober 24: Nerium oleander
(oleander)
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: nausea, vomiting, seizures, coma, death.
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Also see: Coloring timelapse.
Inktober 23: Atropa belladonna
(deadly nightshade, belladonna).
Poisonous: entire plant.
Symptoms: blurred vision, tachycardia, loss of balance, dry mouth, hallucinations, delirium, paralysis, death.
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