In 2014, the Japanese company Takii seed introduced petunia with a striking petal color - salmon-orange. Based on associations with the bright colors of the southern sunset sky, the unique hybrid was named African Sunset. Needless to say, this petunia instantly won the hearts of gardeners and was in great demand. But in the last two years, the curiosity has suddenly disappeared from store windows. Where did the orange petunia go?

In our family Bell pepper they love it, that’s why we plant it every year. Most of the varieties that I grow have been tested by me for more than one season; I cultivate them constantly. I also try to try something new every year. Pepper is a heat-loving plant and quite whimsical. Varietal and hybrid varieties of tasty and productive sweet peppers, which grow well for me, will be discussed further. I live in middle lane Russia.

Meat cutlets with broccoli in béchamel sauce - great idea for a quick lunch or dinner. Start by preparing the mince and at the same time heat 2 liters of water to a boil to blanch the broccoli. By the time the cutlets are fried, the cabbage will be ready. All that remains is to collect the ingredients in a frying pan, season with sauce and bring to readiness. Broccoli needs to be cooked quickly to retain its vibrant color. green color, which, when cooked for a long time, either fades or the cabbage turns brown.

Home floriculture - not only exciting process, but also a very troublesome hobby. And, as a rule, the more experience a grower has, the healthier his plants look. What should those who have no experience but want to have a home do? houseplants- not elongated, stunted specimens, but beautiful and healthy ones, not causing a feeling of guilt with their fading? For beginners and flower growers who do not have much experience, I will tell you about the main mistakes that are easy to avoid.

Lush cheesecakes in a frying pan with banana-apple confiture - another recipe for everyone’s favorite dish. To prevent cheesecakes from falling off after cooking, remember a few simple rules. Firstly, only fresh and dry cottage cheese, secondly, no baking powder or soda, thirdly, the thickness of the dough - you can sculpt from it, it is not tight, but pliable. Good dough with a small amount of flour you will only get good cottage cheese, but here again see the “firstly” point.

It is no secret that many drugs from pharmacies have migrated to summer cottages. Their use, at first glance, seems so exotic that some summer residents are perceived with hostility. At the same time, potassium permanganate is a long-known antiseptic that is used in both medicine and veterinary medicine. In plant growing, a solution of potassium permanganate is used both as an antiseptic and as a fertilizer. In this article we will tell you how to properly use potassium permanganate in the garden.

Pork meat salad with mushrooms is a rural dish that can often be found on festive table in the village. This recipe is with champignons, but if you have the opportunity to use wild mushrooms, be sure to cook it this way, it will be even tastier. You don’t need to spend a lot of time preparing this salad - put the meat in a pan for 5 minutes and another 5 minutes for slicing. Everything else happens practically without the participation of the cook - the meat and mushrooms are boiled, cooled, and marinated.

Cucumbers grow well not only in a greenhouse or conservatory, but also in open ground. Typically, cucumbers are sown from mid-April to mid-May. Harvesting in this case is possible from mid-July to the end of summer. Cucumbers cannot tolerate frost. That's why we don't sow them too early. However, there is a way to bring their harvest closer and taste the juicy beauties from your garden at the beginning of summer or even in May. It is only necessary to take into account some of the features of this plant.

Polyscias is an excellent alternative to classic variegated shrubs and woody ones. The elegant round or feathery leaves of this plant create a strikingly festive curly crown, and its elegant silhouettes and rather modest character make it an excellent candidate for the role of large plant in the house. Larger leaves do not prevent it from successfully replacing Benjamin and Co. ficus. Moreover, polyscias offers much more variety.

Pumpkin cinnamon casserole is juicy and incredibly tasty, a little like pumpkin pie, but unlike pie, it is more tender and just melts in your mouth! This is the perfect sweet recipe for a family with children. As a rule, kids don’t really like pumpkin, but they never mind eating something sweet. Sweet pumpkin casserole is a delicious and healthy dessert, which, moreover, is very simple and quick to prepare. Try it! You'll like it!

A hedge is not only one of essential elements landscape design. It also performs various protective functions. If, for example, the garden borders a road, or a highway passes nearby, then hedge simply necessary. “Green walls” will protect the garden from dust, noise, wind and create a special comfort and microclimate. In this article, we will look at the optimal plants for creating a hedge that can reliably protect the area from dust.

Many crops require picking (and more than one) in the first weeks of development, while for others transplantation is “contraindicated.” To “please” both of them, you can use non-standard containers for seedlings. Another good reason to try them is saving money. In this article we will tell you how to do without the usual boxes, pots, cassettes and tablets. And let’s pay attention to non-traditional, but very effective and interesting containers for seedlings.

Useful vegetable soup from red cabbage with celery, red onion and beets - a vegetarian soup recipe that can also be prepared in fast days. For those who decide to lose a few extra pounds, I would recommend not adding potatoes, and slightly reducing the amount of olive oil (1 tablespoon is enough). The soup turns out to be very aromatic and thick, and during Lent you can serve a portion of the soup with lean bread - then it will be satisfying and healthy.

Surely everyone has already heard about the popular term “hygge”, which came to us from Denmark. This word cannot be translated into other languages ​​of the world. Because it means a lot of things at once: comfort, happiness, harmony, spiritual atmosphere... In this northern country, by the way, most of the time of the year there is cloudy weather and little sun. Summer is also short. And the level of happiness is one of the highest (the country regularly ranks first in the UN global rankings).

It's no secret that the natural world is extremely diverse and multifaceted. We use the gifts of our Earth, plants, every day. However, we should not forget that among the representatives of the flora living in different parts of the planet, there are a huge number of potentially dangerous to human life and health. Should not be underestimated possible harm from encountering poisonous herbs, berries, mushrooms.

Belladonna's yellow and black berries are especially poisonous, however, the stems and leaves also contain poison.

Got it from Belladonna Chemical substance atropine, which has a fairly strong effect on the central nervous system, for example, under its action the pupils dilate.

This property of Belladonna made it a favorite “beauty” potion among Italian women in the old days, hence the name of the plant, which means “beautiful woman.” Atropine is now used in traditional medicine. The effect of such, even modern drugs, however, can hardly be called absolutely safe.

The first signs of Belladonna poisoning may be:

Hallucinations and confusion are possible.

The first aid in this case will be emergency gastric lavage with potassium permanganate.

Hogweed

This is the title poisonous plant is familiar to many, because more than 40 species of Hogweed grow in our country alone (not all of them are poisonous).

It is not difficult to recognize it: the hogweed is large and, as a rule, tall plant(can reach 2.5 meters) with small white flowers collected in “umbrellas”. Very often, Hogweed grows along country roads.

Its danger is that this plant can leave a serious burn on the skin, especially on a sunny day. This is due to the substances furanocoumarins; under the influence of ultraviolet radiation they enhance their effect. Just touching the leaves of Hogweed is painless in itself, until sunlight begins to actively fall on the affected area. The consequences may be a second degree burn. Getting the plant juice into your eyes is extremely dangerous. The result may be complete or partial loss of vision.

As first aid for a Hogweed burn, you need to disinfect the affected area of ​​skin with furatsilin or potassium permanganate and apply Bepanten ointment.

It is necessary to get rid of Hogweed by carefully cutting off the buds (strictly wearing closed clothing and gloves). The use of herbicides will also be useful.

Crow's eye four leaf

Crow's eye is a poisonous plant, quite attractive in appearance: in the center there is a rosette of 4 leaves, and above them is one bright purple berry. All parts of the Crow's Eye pose a danger to life and health: the berry for the heart, the leaves for the central nervous system, the roots for the stomach. Children often become victims of this poisonous plant; they are attracted by unusual berries, somewhat similar to blueberries or blueberries.

Signs of poisoning, depending on the part eaten, will include severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions or cardiac arrest.

If you suspect poisoning with Crow's Eye, you must do an urgent gastric lavage. It would also be a good idea to take Regidron.

Let's look at 2 more poisonous plants, common throughout Russia.

Lily of the valley

It is unlikely that anyone needs a visual description of the poisonous lily of the valley plant. Many have heard about dangerous properties this beautiful and beloved plant, but, nevertheless, few people take this information seriously. But in vain! Lily of the valley has very strong chemical properties, it is often used in minimal doses in pharmacology, and in general, it is well established as an assistant in the fight against heart disease.

However, it is worth remembering that this plant is extremely poisonous and dangerous if used rashly on its own. Two or three berries eaten by a child while walking in the forest can lead to rapid death!

If the skin is pale, heart rhythm disturbances, weakness and nausea are present, it is necessary to urgently induce vomiting and then take sorbents.

Wolf's Bast

Poisoning by the poisonous plant Wolf's Bast or Wolf's Berry, as it is also called, is extremely dangerous. Outwardly it looks like a shrub with glossy leaves and clusters bright red fleshy berries that attract the eye. Despite its beauty, this plant is almost never used as decorative landscaping. Wolfberry contains a set of toxic substances. From one smell flowering plant You may get a headache, and if you eat more than 5 berries, death is extremely likely.

High salivation, burns, indigestion, burning in the eyes and mouth, bloody stomach discharge - this is an incomplete list of symptoms of poisoning by this most dangerous plant. If the victim can still be saved, he is nevertheless guaranteed serious lifelong consequences associated with poor heart function.

Not only harm, but also benefit

Perhaps, reading this article, many will wonder - why, in fact, are poisonous plants needed?

There are no unnecessary links in nature: it is unique and thoughtful. The toxic properties of certain plant species are a disadvantage for humans, while for the plants themselves it is the ability to evolve. Growth, survival, ability to adapt to changing conditions - many plants owe all this to their toxicity.

In addition, over time, man eventually learned to use harmful properties many herbs, flowers and berries for your own good. An example of this is the huge number of medications created on the basis of poisonous plants.

There are dangerous plants, which, thanks to evolution, have created many means of protection against animals, insects and people. Some of them produce deadly neurotoxins, others are protected by sharp spines, and others secrete powerful digestive enzymes that can digest insects and small rodents. Let's talk about the most dangerous and seemingly harmless-looking plants.

Nepenthes Attenborough

Nepenthes Attenborough - gigantic carnivorous plant, named after one of the world's most famous naturalists, Sir David Frederick Attenborough.

It was discovered at an altitude of over 1.5 km above sea level on Mount Victoria on the island of Palawan (Philippines). The plant's pitcher secretes nectar to lure unsuspecting victims into a pool of enzymes and acid. Multiple sticky ridges on the surface of the jug reduce the prey's chances of escape to a minimum. The diameter of the jug is about 30 cm, which allows it to feast on not only insects, but also larger prey - rodents and other small animals.

Castor bean

Castor bean is a plant that almost anyone can purchase at any garden store, but its seeds contain the deadly poison ricin. The consequences of this poison entering the human body can be disastrous, even fatal. Therefore, we advise you to think carefully before planting castor beans in your garden, especially if you have small children.

Veh poisonous, Hemlock

Voh poisonous or Hemlock is a toxic plant common in Eastern and Western Europe, North America, as well as Asia. Hemlock contains cicutoxin, which affects the central nervous system, causing epileptic seizures, abdominal pain, vomiting, loss of consciousness, muscle spasms and ultimately death.

Wrinkled sapling

Wrinkled sapling - perennial. Each part contains tremetol, or unsaturated alcohol, which causes muscle tremors and can kill a person. Poskonnik deserves special danger also because cows sometimes like to feast on it. This was the cause of the death of Nancy Hanks, the mother of American President Abram Lincoln, who drank the milk of a cow that had tasted such an insidious plant.

Wolfsbane

Aconite capulata - perennial, decorative, garden plant. All its parts contain the deadly neurotoxin aconitine, which easily penetrates the body through the skin, has a convulsive-paralytic effect and can lead to cardiac arrest. An antidote has not yet been found.

Pemphigus vulgare

The common bladderwort is an aquatic carnivorous plant that feeds on tadpoles, juveniles, insects and small crustaceans. It gets its name from its hunting style. There are many vacuum bubbles collected on the branches of the plant, once in which the victim is unable to escape. Over time, the prey dies, and the bladderwort gradually absorbs all the necessary nutrients from it.

Venus flytrap

The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that feeds mainly on insects, but sometimes slugs are found. The reaction speed (about half a second) would be the envy of many representatives of the animal kingdom. The mechanism for responding to the victim will also amaze any imagination. In order for the trap to work, the victim must touch two antennae in the flytrap sequentially and at intervals of about 20 seconds. If the hunt is successful, the Venus flytrap spends 10 days digesting. After which it opens and is ready to hunt again.

Brugmansia tree

Brugmansia tree, or Brugmansia arboreal - tropical plant, native to South America. They contain a cocktail of toxins such as atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine. Atropine and scopolamine have similar effects on the human brain. Large doses of these toxins can cause excessive motor and mental agitation, anxiety, hallucinations and seizures. Hyoscyamine, when exposed to the body, causes increased heart rate, dry mouth, vomiting, hyperthermia, blurred vision, eye pain, and in rare cases causes coma or death.

Common oleander

This common evergreen shrub is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. The leaves, flowers and fruits contain cardiac glycosides, which are used for therapeutic purposes, but this cute plant can just as easily become a deadly weapon that can stop the human heart.

Cnidoscolus narrow-toothed

Cnidoscolus narrow-toothed is a shrub from the Euphorbiaceae family. This thorny plant, rather painful than poisonous. Cnidoscolus narrow-toothed is studded with thousands of barbed wire-like needles, but real danger comes from milky juice, which causes severe painful irritation of the skin, and if it comes into contact with the mucous membrane of the eye, it can lead to long-term visual impairment.

Buttercup caustic

A well-known plant that we have been accustomed to calling since childhood “ night blindness" Despite its completely harmless appearance, this plant is deadly poisonous to animals and humans if accidentally ingested. And its juice, when flowers are picked, causes temporary severe skin irritation, so it is necessary to closely monitor children in places where caustic ranunculus grows.

Hogweed Sosnowski and Hogweed Mantegazzi

Hogweed Sosnovsky and Hogweed Mantegazzi, widely spread throughout Europe, are real monster plants. A simple contact with the skin of the juice of these large, attractive-looking umbrella plants, as under the influence of the process of photosensitization (increased sensitivity of the skin to sunlight), long-term non-healing burns form on the skin. If the juice gets into the eyes, complete blindness occurs!

Daphne

Another famous plant, which is also called “wolf’s bast”. Common wolfberry grows in forests, and laurel wolfberry is used for decorative purposes. All parts of this pretty plant are very poisonous. And the red oval berries (which often attract children), if eaten just a few of them, lead to death within a few hours.

Sumac (lacquer tree)

Sumac (lacquer tree) grows in Japan and China, close relative mango tree. Despite this relationship, it is one of the most poisonous plants on Earth. Tree resin, even just getting on the skin, causes severe, deep, non-healing burns.

Strychnos poisonous

Poisonous strychnos grows in the forests of the Amazon, and everyone knows it because of its second name - curare. The sap from the bark of this tree is traditionally used by Indians for hunting - if it enters the bloodstream, the victim stops breathing and inevitably ends up dying.

manchineel tree

The manchineel tree can be found in Florida and the Caribbean. The fruits of this plant and its juice are deadly to humans. And when simple touch A severe allergy occurs to the bark of the tree, which in itself is very dangerous.

As a rule, the lion's share of all poisonous plants on our planet grows in tropical hot countries. But if everything were so simple, then there would be no point in our article. The fact is that dangerous plants are also common in our country. One has only to go outside the city, to the country house or to the nearest forest, and there is a significant risk of encountering flora that poses a serious and even mortal danger to us. Deadly poisonous plants in Russia are a serious problem that cannot be ignored.

What is a plant?

Of course, you can answer this question as simply as possible: a plant is something that grows and grows. And this is, without a doubt, one of the most important features of all plants. Flora constantly increases the body weight of each of its representatives. This occurs due to the fact that the cells located at the ends of the roots and stems are constantly and continuously dividing. They are involved in the growth process and work throughout the life of the plant.

How are plants different from animals?

Of course, due to his lack of mobility. It cannot be said that plants (including poisonous plants in Russia) do not move at all; they can move, but in a completely different way than animals. For example, vines “know how” to wrap themselves around supports and sometimes even “climb” from one place to another. Sunflowers fold their flowers after the sun, covering their petals. However, most flora representatives stay in one place throughout their entire lives.

What is the mission of plants on Earth?

Perhaps the most important difference between plants and all living things on our planet is the so-called photosynthesis. This is their main purpose on Earth. Without photosynthesis, which occurs in the earth's flora, neither people nor animals could exist. The process of photosynthesis involves the interaction of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide, which provides our atmosphere with oxygen and various organic substances (nucleic acids, proteins).

Poisonous plants in Russia also possess photosynthesis. Despite the mortal danger they pose to people and animals, they are actively involved in the formation of oxygen on Earth. Photosynthesis can only occur during the daytime and in sunlight. It occurs on every green leaf, on every blade of grass, and even on algae, hidden from the outside world behind the water column. All organisms that contain the pigment chlorophyll and carotenoids participate in this process.

What kind of group is this - poisonous plants?

Poisonous plants of Russia (photo below) are a special and rather heterogeneous group, united by common properties. We are talking about specific substances that are contained in such flora. All of them pose a significant danger to people and animals. The study of entire groups of poisonous plants is very important for modern humanity: this must be done both to understand methods for the prevention and treatment of poisoning caused by these representatives of the flora, and to identify the foundations of the evolution of living nature.

How do plants affect our body?

The effect that poisonous plants from Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Argentina, the USA and other countries have on our body can be both internal (in the form of poisoning) and external (in the form of burns and spots). Poisoning, in turn, causes symptoms such as:

• dizziness;
• weakness;
• headache;
• stomach ache;
• sore throat;
• vomiting;
• partial loss of hearing or vision.

In especially severe cases, a person can be paralyzed and sometimes die. Certain symptoms of poisoning by poisonous plants may appear immediately or after some time. Everything here is individual.

Poisonous plants of Russia. List

Spring is already on the way, and it’s not far to the most anticipated time of the year - summer. It is at this time that the vast majority of Russians, if they do not fly abroad on vacation, then move to nature - closer to the forest, beach, fields, etc. Unfortunately, only a few think about the dangers that may await them at this time. We are talking about poisonous plants. Of course, in our country there are no tropical forests teeming with tens of hundreds of deadly poisonous plants, but this does not mean that encountering flora that threatens our health and life is completely excluded!

Attention! Every person must be able to distinguish poisonous plants in Russia (we will give names and lists below) from any others. We need to teach this to our children, because often it is our offspring who become victims of certain dangerous plants. The reason for this is their increased curiosity and lack of basic knowledge. In this article we will give a description of the most famous dangerous plants in Russia. So, here is their list:

• belladonna;
• vekh poisonous;
• spotted hemlock;
• castor bean;
• henbane;
• wolfberry;
• fraxinella.

Wolf berry, or wolf bast

Poisonous plants in Russia, photos and names of which we present in this article, are represented by a wide variety of species. One of them is the widely recognizable wolfberry. Probably each of us has heard this phrase. As children, many of us were constantly warned by our parents, forbidding us to touch this plant.

Wolfberry is very attractive in appearance, and for good reason! A fatal dose for a child can be 5 eaten berries, while for an adult the risk of death occurs after eating 12 wolf berries. In the best case, wolfberry not only causes poisoning, but provokes stomach and kidney diseases, redness of the skin all over the body, and blisters. Attention! In spring, bushes with wolf's bast are decorated delicate flowers cream, pink and lilac shades.

Be very careful and careful, because their beauty is deceptive. The pollen from these flowers causes headaches and dizziness. When the wolfberry stops blooming, red-scarlet berries appear on it. We repeat once again: eating them is prohibited! According to some reports, wolfberry is the most poisonous plant in Russia. It is curious that it is listed in the Red Book of Russia as a plant on the verge of extinction.

Castor bean

This large perennial plant reaches a height of 10 meters, but generally does not exceed 3 meters. Castor bean, like many other poisonous plants in central Russia, has tall, erect and hollow twisting stems, decorated with sharply cut leaves. The diameter of these leaves is from 30 to 80 centimeters, and the color varies from reddish to greenish. It is important to note that during the flowering period of castor bean, green-red inflorescences appear on it.

This plant, dangerous for humans and animals, like the wolfberry described above, bears fruit: its fruit looks like a spherical bare (or prickly) box with a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. Fortunately, in our country it is not as widespread as in southern countries with hot climates. You can mainly find castor beans in parks, gardens, and vegetable gardens. There she is presented as ornamental plant for landscaping and beautifying the area.

Henbane

Remember the expression: “What are you doing? Have you eaten too much henbane? This is what they say to a person who is not quite adequate and behaves bizarrely. And this is no accident. Once in ancient times, the famous philosopher and physician Avicenna wrote: “Henbane is a real poison that turns into insanity, deprives one of memory and causes demonic possession combined with suffocation.” Henbane is an unpretentious plant in terms of habitat.

You can meet him in vacant lots, in courtyards, in vegetable gardens, along the sides of the highway. This dangerous plant is characterized by a foul odor. Because of this, animals avoid him. Henbane poison is found everywhere: in the roots, in the stem, in the flowers, in the seeds. The risk group is usually small children who mistake henbane seeds for edible seeds. Adults should take control of this situation, explaining to their offspring in advance that this plant is life-threatening.

Belladonna

Poisonous plants in Russia, a list of which we present here, cannot do without belladonna. It reaches a height of 2 meters, has tall, thick, straight, succulent and branched stems of green or dark purple color. Belladonna leaves are large and have the shape of an egg or ellipse. They are dark green with a brownish tint. The flowers of this dangerous plant are single, drooping, yellow or dirty purple.

Belladonna grows in fir, beech, hornbeam and oak forests. Widely distributed in central Russia. Poisonous properties This plant was known to ancient healers. Women used belladonna for cosmetic purposes. It contains atropine, which causes a person to become quite agitated, accompanied by an attack of rabies. The second name of this plant is sleepy foolishness, mad cherry, beauty cherry.

Hemlock spotted

In the ancient Greek justice system, this plant was used as a legal poison. Only since the time of Hippocrates has hemlock been transferred to the category of medicinal. As its name suggests, spotted hemlock causes severe headaches. This plant is entirely poisonous: leaves, roots, and stems are toxic. In Russia it is found everywhere: in forests, in vegetable gardens. Children often make whistles from its hollow stem, and this is very dangerous! Spotted hemlock has an unpleasant odor.

Fraxinella

The most poisonous plants in Russia include ash. During its flowering period it is very beautiful and mysterious. Its flowers seem to play in lilac, white, pink shades with purple veins. Its fruits are capsules containing black and shiny seeds. This plant has a distinct, pungent odor, reminiscent of orange peel. It is exuded by essential oils.

Attention! Under no circumstances should you touch the ash tree, much less smell its flowers! Within a day, a person will experience a burn at the site of contact with this plant, followed by long-lasting ulcers. The scars from them will remain for life. If more than half the area of ​​a person’s body is affected by contact with ash tree, death is possible.

Veh poisonous

There is no point in considering poisonous plants in Russia without their “leader” - the poisonous milestone. Its name fully reflects its essence. In our country, poisonous weed grows everywhere, in particular near swamps. The most dangerous are its tubers. They have a false carrot or celery smell. This should be taken into account! The main active ingredient is cicutoxin, which has a calming effect in small doses. This made it possible to use it in pharmacology.

An overdose of a drug made on the basis of poisonous vek is fraught with the following manifestations:

• headache;
• chills;
• nausea;
• vomit;
• convulsions;
• stomach ache;
• salivation.

If you do not promptly seek the help of a doctor or rinse your stomach yourself, there is a high probability of death. If vekh is poisonous, it is deadly in the composition medicines, then what can we say about the plant itself! Due to the high degree of toxicity of the poisonous milestones, it is included in many insecticides - products used to combat harmful insects. According to legend, it was the poison prepared from this plant that poisoned the philosopher Socrates.

Poisonous plants include plants that contain compounds that, when entering the human body, cause poisoning. Particularly dangerous are those that can lead to serious consequences for human health and life. And such plants are found not only in the Amazon jungle. They are growing in our country too. Imagine that there are approximately 400 species of them growing in Russia and neighboring countries!

They can be found in forests, meadows, ponds and even near residential buildings, in vegetable gardens and front gardens. Therefore, of course, it is good to be able to understand them. It is useful to know which plant is dangerous to life and health? Of course, it is not possible to study everything. But being able to distinguish between the most common and frequently encountered ones is simply necessary.

I would like to introduce you to some plants that are best avoided when meeting:

Cicuta. Grows in lowlands, near ponds or directly in the water. It is poisonous and very dangerous grass. If you hold a hemlock stem in your mouth even for a couple of seconds, life-threatening poisoning is guaranteed. It's even worse to swallow small piece stem. After 5-10 minutes, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness begin. The person turns pale, weakens before his eyes, and has difficulty breathing. In this case, the victim should be immediately taken to a doctor.

Wolf's Bast. This shrub beckons in summer with its beautiful, bright lilac-pink flowers. And in the fall it is covered with delicious red fruits that children love to try. You need to know this and explain to them that the flowers and berries of the bush are very poisonous. After the berry enters the digestive tract, the body becomes covered with bloody blisters, and severe impairment of the kidneys and liver occurs. For a child, only 5-6 berries are a lethal dose.

Hemlock spotted(mottled). This plant is dangerous because its foliage is very similar to carrot tops or parsley. But the entire plant is poisonous, including its dill-like seeds. If you eat any part of the hemlock, within an hour you will experience clouding, confusion, dizziness, and a severe attack of headache. The injured person cannot stand on his feet and sways.

His throat swells, which is why he cannot drink, although the thirst begins to be very strong. The face turns pale, becomes distorted, convulsions occur, and the body swells. If proper medical care is not provided, death may occur within 4-6 hours.

Henbane. It can often be found along roads, in fields and wastelands, abandoned places. You can recognize henbane by its yellow-white flowers, along which purple veins run. Next to the flowers are green closed baskets containing seeds resembling poppy seeds.

Remember that poppies do not produce white and yellow flowers. And these are henbane seeds, which, if eaten, can cause serious poisoning that is life-threatening.

May lily of the valley. You need to be careful with the plant, although its lovely fragrant flowers decorate more than one home in late spring. You should be especially wary of the bright red lily of the valley berries that appear after flowering. Since the berries look very appetizing, the hand itself reaches out to try them. But this is absolutely impossible to do. The berries cause poisoning, sometimes life-threatening. The condition is characterized by headache and tinnitus. There is a rare pulse, constriction of the pupils, convulsions appear, and sometimes fainting occurs.

Crow's eye. The fruits of this plant are often confused with blueberries. But if you look closely, you will notice that the berry wolf's bast grows singly between four leaves, resembling a bird's eye, as reflected in the name. Blueberries have many leaves on the stem, but there is rarely only one berry. Usually there are several of them and they are smaller in size. Berry raven eye poisonous. Causes severe poisoning, especially in children. Often life-threatening.

Fraxinella(wild star anise, burning bush, fire-herb). This plant is dangerous due to burns. It’s generally better not to touch him with your bare hands, and in general just being near him is very dangerous. The ash tree blooms beautifully, reminiscent blooming wild rosemary. But the flowers of the poisonous plant are much larger. After flowering, seeds appear in their place (boxes that look like stars). If you take the seeds in your palm, you will feel strong smell some kind of medicine, with a hint of orange.

Essential oils, released by the plant are so strong that if you set fire to the plant, it will flare up quickly, the flame around it will be unusual, red-purple. In this case, the plant itself will not burn.

So, the seeds and capsules are extremely poisonous. Poisoning does not appear immediately, but after 8-12 hours. After which a kind of burn appears on the skin, which turns into a watery blister. The skin underneath begins to break down, forming open wounds that take a very long time to heal. If the poisoning is extensive, death may occur.

To prevent trouble from happening, be careful and do not touch unfamiliar plants, flowers, berries that you meet in forests, fields, meadows and near water bodies. Do not pick them up, do not smell them, and especially do not taste unknown berries. Teach safety precautions to your children, who, due to their natural curiosity, love to explore and try everything. Be healthy!