According to scientists on Earth, there are about 390 thousand species of different plants. Having spent very little time studying dangerous plants, you can protect yourself and your loved ones.
10. Larkspur (delphinium)
The height of the plant can vary from 10 centimeters to 3 meters, depending on the species. Delphinium blooms very beautifully, therefore it attracts the attention of insects. People also do not assume that a beautiful plant is life threatening, therefore they often suffer after meeting with it. Juice and pollen cause skin irritation, so it is best to avoid contact with the plant. If you eat it, the consequences can be the most tragic. Cases of poisoning of livestock, sheep and cows are not uncommon, after eating the plant. Larkspur is used in folk medicine, but you need to be very careful, observe the dose, and generally it is better not to self-medicate. When poisoning with livestock, vomiting and nausea appear, increased salivation, convulsions. In severe cases, respiratory paralysis can occur.
9. Buttercup
Beautiful name, tender and soft. Its appearance also does not cause concern: a small plant, yellow tiny flowers. However, the flower got its name from the word "fierce", so it was nicknamed for the strong poison that corrodes the skin. You can meet buttercup anywhere: in the clearing, by the side of the road, in the parks. The plant is capable of releasing corrosive volatile substances. They cause eye irritation, tears. For a while, a person loses the ability to see. Therefore, the plant is also called "night blindness." If you eat even a small piece of this plant, vomiting, pain and abdominal cramps will begin. Upon contact with the buttercup, blisters and abscesses form on the skin.
8. Backache (sleep-grass)
Backache also belongs to the ranunculaceae family, but its habitat is not so wide. They grow in pine forests, in sunny meadows. This plant also attracts attention with beautiful purple flowers. If you touch the plant, you are guaranteed inflammation of the skin, mucous membranes. Backache was widely used in folk medicine. It has been used as a sedative. If you calculate the dose incorrectly, you can die. Convulsions, increased salivation, a drop in pressure, a rash, blurred consciousness are typical signs of sleep grass poisoning.
7. Poison Ivy
A beautiful climbing plant with bright green shiny leaves beckons people, I want to touch it. In Russia, it is not common, there are only two species that grow on the South Kuril Islands. Poison ivy is growing in North America. The plant secretes sap, which causes burns. It contains various toxic substances that can cause metabolic disorders. If ingested, severe poisoning occurs. Its signs are similar to the symptoms of poisoning by other dangerous plants.
6. Hogweed of Sosnowski
This plant, for sure, everyone knows. It spreads quickly and is dangerous for humans and animals. Its juice contains furocoumarins, substances that are activated by sunlight. A person may not even notice that the juice got on his skin. But when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, a severe burn, blisters will appear on the skin. If the juice of hogweed has got into the eyes, a person may become blind. If it gets on the mucous membranes, ulcers, burning are formed. Avoid contact with the cow parsnip, and if you still can’t do this, cover your skin from the sun and then rinse it with water.
5. Ashen (indefinable kupina)
Spectacular plant, tall with multiple inflorescences. Its habitat is the south of the European part, Siberia, the Caucasus. Upon contact with him, a person will not feel anything, but after a while a burn will form. The skin turns red, itching begins, blisters appear. After the burn has passed, scars and spots will remain on the skin. These burns are compared with chemical burns of the second degree, the healing process is very long. An ash tree is dangerous only in sunny weather. The plant releases essential oils, inhalation of them is fraught with severe headache.
4. Castor oil plant
This plant is an adornment of many summer cottages and gardens. It reaches a height of 3 meters, has large shiny and beautiful leaves. The plant is used in folk medicine. Common castor oil is a source of castor oil. However, the plant is not at all harmless, it contains ricin and ricinin. The first toxic substance is contained in the seeds of the plant, the second - in all other parts. Ricinin is more toxic than potassium cyanide, so if you eat a plant as a food, you can get serious health problems, even death. Substances are able to stop protein synthesis, they freely enter the body, self-destruction of cells begins. If it enters the gastrointestinal tract, it threatens to damage the mucous membranes. If it enters the bloodstream, circulatory disorders occur. Such consequences occur even when inhaling dust of castor oil bean plant.
3. Parsnip meadow
This plant is not very beautiful. High, reaches up to 1.5 meters in height, its flowers are small, pale yellow. He acts like a hogweed. The plant contains a dangerous substance - psoralen. At the site of the burn, in a day under the action of ultraviolet rays, blisters filled with liquid appear. They heal for a very long time and leave scars. The peak of the plant's danger is the time of its flowering. Parsnip meadow blooms in July and August.
2. Euphorbia
There are a lot of varieties of milkweed, therefore their appearance differs from each other. But this plant is very dangerous, it contains toxic substances. Despite this, euphorbia is grown even at home. But most people are not aware that the plant can be harmful to health. As soon as the juice enters the mucous membranes or skin, signs of a burn will begin to appear. The skin turns red, irritation begins, itching. If it gets into your eyes, swelling of the eyelids and burning pain are guaranteed. In severe cases, a person may lose their vision. In case of poisoning, vomiting, diarrhea, weak pulse, dizziness usually begin. Euphorbia is very dangerous for people prone to allergies.
1. Poison Oak
Beautiful plant with bright green shiny leaves. It grows mainly in the Americas. The leaves and stem contain urushiol oil, which causes severe irritation to the skin and mucous membranes. In addition, this substance releases toxic oak into the air. People prone to allergic reactions are very difficult to tolerate a meeting with a poisonous oak. In fact, it is not a tree, it is a shrub. So it was called for the leaves, which in appearance are very similar to oak leaves.