Having a walk among flowers and plants is one of the best things about summer BUT health officials are warning people about a wild plant which has a great danger to those who touch it.
Hogweed is the name of the plant, or Heracleum mantegazzianum, which is now rapidly growing is many states throughout the U.S.
A single touch of the plant’s sap leads to serious burns and permanent blindness also.
It is widely known as giant cow parsley, giant cow parsley, cartwheel-flower or hogsbane.
The plant has been seen in the states of Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Vermont, New York, Virginia, and Washington.
The plant grows up to 14 feet and has dark green leaves which reach up to 5 feet in diameter AND has an empty, thick stem which has white hairs and purple specks and dots, with amazingly beautiful white flowers, but don’t let that fool you, this is one of the most dangerous plants in the planet.
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7 comments:
"this is one of the most dangerous plants in the planet.'
Okay then , we will be safe if stay on the planet and not go in the planet.
We were all supposed to have been Fried by global warming 10 years ago, Ice polar caps should have melted by now according to all the predictions, the ozone holes should have opened up enough now to fry us all with the unforgiving Rays of the Sun. Overpopulation should have happened within the last 20 years we should have all been annihilated starved to death because we could not feed ourselves by now.
I call BS on this one.
If there's any around just get a couple of old Garden ladies with some pump sprayers and Roundup they can handle this just like the Ghostbusters could handle the ghosts. :-)
Send some to the Dems.
And we're worried about Wisteria?!?
Tell the snowflakes that it will get them high cheaper than tide
both problems will go away
I want to send this to AOC! Do florist carry this?
I saw several around Pemberton Manor. NOT Queen Anne's Lace. looks just like it but much larger.
I will take the writers word for their potency. Not going to test that out myself.
10:55pm to 9:46am yeah its all a joke right?
I saw this posted last year and was hopingto find it. Thanks Joe for posting this again. It is relevant and it is around here. Just a word to the wise. Your kids do not know the difference.
Wiki has an informative article about this.
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