Can a flowering plant, so simple and so delicate, be lethal? I'm here to tell you, yes, this morning. I did not know. As a small child, I was so excited getting the watering can out at my grandparents and watering 'my garden' of these small bell-shaped flowers. Did my grandmother and Mom realize how close to a hospital-run I was? There is an actual photo somewheres in an album showing me fast at work doing my watering. Consuming any part of this widespread, poisonous plant might very well lead to vision problems, diarrhea, vomiting and... gulp, possible death. Yikes! Get to a hospital fast, get hooked up to IV fluids and have electrocardiogram administered. Yikes again. This simple plant can cause some serious havoc. I even heard it made a cameo appearance in the finale of the hit series Breaking Bad.
Yikes, Yikes, and Yikes again.
Competing with a meth lab?
This beautiful flower?
There's evil in this world.
It is a protected plant where I live. The Swedish name is Liljekonvalj.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but this reminded me of my first job mowing someone else's lawn when I mowed down one of the woman's prize roses. Who knew? I thought it was a weed. ;-)
ReplyDeleteEvil lurks in the heart of many plants!
ReplyDeleteWho knew? I'm glad you survived.
ReplyDeleteWow, I've learned something new today. I had no idea there was any danger in this plant. I used to pick them for my mother who LOVED lilies of the valley. How could something with such a sweet scent be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteIn HS, I hung with 'sweet girls'. Their moms though I was a bit dangerous! hehehehehehe
DeleteHere we offer PLENTY of them for 1st of May !!!
ReplyDeleteLike God , devil is in detail ...
neat! didn't know that!
ReplyDeletePretty but lethal! Wow!
ReplyDeleteReally? These sweet, innocent little fleurs? News to me . . .
ReplyDeleteI bet you are glad that no one told you while you were having fun with the watering can.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I were hiking in the canyons recently and we came across a some pretty wildflowers. "Looks like coriander," I said. "No, I think it might be fennel," she said. We rubbed the flowers between our fingers and took a sniff. No detectable odor. Turns out we were both wrong -- it was hemlock.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea about that!
ReplyDeleteMother Nature doth have a mean streak!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and photo.
ReplyDeleteSo what is it? I'm a city kid, no botanist whatsoever. I grow old but nothing else.
ReplyDeletenice photo and great article...
ReplyDeletethings to do in nyc