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Originally Posted by klunckmonkey  Well look again. And then google the plant names.
Baneberry - Ingestion can cause cardiac arrest or death. "Baneberry contains cardiogenic toxins than can have an immediate sedative affect on human cardiac muscle tissue."
Foxglove - "The entire plant is poisonous (including the roots and seeds), although the leaves of the upper stem are particularly potent, with just a nibble being enough to potentially cause death. Early symptoms of ingestion include nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, abdominal pain, wild hallucinations, delirium, and severe headache.
And thats just a couple off the list  |
About the foxglove- look at the web site (
Perennials on Sale: Digitalis mertonensis (Foxglove) at American Meadows)
it says:The very important Wild Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea is a native of the UK, naturalized in the US, and famous for being used for Digitalis, the life-saving heart medicine. However, Wild Foxglove is a biennial which makes it undependable in perennial plantings. But since the twenties, there have been beautiful perennial foxgloves too, a little shorter, but just as beautiful as the towering "purpureas."
From my understanding (not much) you say it can be very deadly; but in this article its a "life saving plant"
forgive me if i misunderstand but there is some opposition here.