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by @jominime•16 plants
Lilium bulbiferum
looks like: classic lily-shaped flowerswhere: cut flower arrangements (especially easter and mother's day), gardenstoxic part: ALL parts including pol
Cycas Revoluta
looks like: short palm-like plant with stiff dark green fronds, large reddish-orange seedswhere: indoor and outdoor ornamental, popular in florida, ca
Colchicum autumnale
looks like: pink/purple crocus-like flowers in autumn (real crocus blooms in spring — important distinction)where: lawns, meadows, ornamental gardens,
Brugmansia arborea
toxic part: all parts, especially seeds and flowerswhat happens: tropane alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine, hyoscyamine) cause severe hallucinations, h
Atropa belladonna
looks like: dark purple/black shiny berries (look like blueberries), bell-shaped purple-brown flowers, oval leaveswhere: woodland edges, abandoned gar
Cicuta maculata
different and even worse than poison hemlocklooks like: similar to poison hemlock, white umbrella flowers, but grows in wet areas (streams, marshes)wh
Conium maculatum
looks like: tall (6-10 ft) plant with feathery leaves, white umbrella-shaped flower clusters, purple-spotted stems (this is the key ID feature)where:
Aconitum napellus
Wolfsbanewhere: cottage gardens, shade gardens, wild in mountain regions across europe and north americatoxic part: ALL parts, including just touching
Ricinus communis
toxic part: the seeds (contain ricin, one of the most toxic substances known to nature)what happens: ricin shuts down protein synthesis in cells. just
Taxus baccata
looks like: dark evergreen needled shrub or tree with bright red fleshy berries containing seedswhere: cemetery hedges, formal gardens, ornamental lan
Convallaria majalis
looks like: small white bell-shaped flowers, broad green leaves, ground cover in shaded gardenswhere: traditional cottage gardens, woodland edges, gro
Digitalis purpurea
looks like: tall spike (3-6 feet) with thimble-shaped purple, pink, or white flowerswhere: cottage gardens, ornamental beds, wild in shaded areas acro
Nerium oleander
where: yards, highway medians, mediterranean climates, all over the southern US and californiatoxic part: ALL parts including the flowers, sap, smoke
Prunus Armeniaca
Cyanide poisoning risk: Amygdalin in raw bitter apricot kernels releases hydrogen cyanide on contact with the β-glucosidase enzyme present in the kern
Wisteria floribunda
Chinese and Japanese wisterias have some distinguishing differences. Chinese wisteria twines counterclockwise while Japanese wisteria twines clockwise
Wisteria sinensis
Chinese WisteriaI added this because it looked really pretty. I liked the Purple cone look of it.
