Abrus precatorius

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   Common Names:  Precatory Bean, Rosary Pea, Jequirity Bean,
                  Prayer Bean, Love Bean, Lucky Bean
 
   Description:   Twining, more or less woody
                  perennial vine of the legume
                  family.  Flowers are rose to
                  purple, rarely white, small and
                  pea-like.  Fruit is a short legume
                  pod.  Seeds are oval, brilliant red
                  and jet black shiny beans.
 
   Toxic Part:    Seeds.
 
   Symptoms:      Severe stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,
                  trembling, weakness, cold sweat, drowsiness, labored
                  breathing, anemia, convulsions, weak and fast pulse,
                  kidney failure, circulatory collapse, coma and death.
 

Actaea rubra var. arguta
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   Common Names:  Western Baneberry, Red Baneberry,
                  Snakeberry
 
   Description:   Tall perennial herb with large, spreading
                  toothed leaves and thick root.  Has
                  white flowers and red berries.
 
   Toxic Parts:   All parts, but mostly the berries,
                  root, and sap.
 
   Symptoms:      Severe stomach and abdominal pains,
                  diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness,
                  delirium, increased pulse, and
                  circulatory failure.
 

Aconitum species   Press HERE for a photograph

 

   Common Names   Monkshood, Aconite, Friar's Cap, Helmet
                  Flower, Soldier's Cap, Wolfsbane
 
   Description:	Perennials 2-6 feet in height. 
                Resemble delphiniums. 
                Flowers usually blue but may be
                white, pink, or flesh toned.  Dried
                seed pods contain numerous tiny
                seeds.
 
   Toxic Part:  Whole plant, especially the leaves
                and roots.
 
   Symptoms:    Burning sensation of the lips, tongue, mouth and
                throat.  Nausea and vomiting may develop.

Aesculus species

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   Common Names:  Horse Chestnut, Buckeye, Bongay,
                  Conquerors, Fish Poison, Marronnier,
                  Marronnier d'Inde.
 
   Description:	About 13 species, mostly large
                trees.  Flowers may be white, white
                blotched with red and yellow, pink,
                yellow and red, or red.  Seed is
                leathery and smooth or warty. 
                Buckeye seed is glossy brown with a
                white scar.  The seed may be
                covered with spines.
 
   Toxic Part:  Nuts and twigs.
 
   Symptoms:    Severe gastroenteritis.
 
 

Aloe vera  Press here for image

   
   Common names:  Star Cactus, Sabila, Sempervivum,
                  Sinkle Bible, Zabila, Zavila
 
   Description:   About 250 species.  Leaves usually
                  appear in compact rosettes and are
                      	    thick, hard, pointed and may have
                            spines or teeth along the margins. 
                            Flowers usually red or yellow.
 
   Toxic Part:	Latex beneath the skin.
 
   Symptoms:    Vomiting after ingestion.
 

Amanita verna   Press here for image

 

   Common Names:  Death Cap Mushroom,
                  Deadly Amanita Mushroom, White
                  Amanita Mushroom
 
   Description:   Chalky white with a bulbous base.
 
   Toxic Part:    Entire plant.
 
   Symptoms:      Sudden and severe abdominal pain,
                  profuse vomiting, diarrhea,
                  distorted vision, excessive thirst,
                  circulatory failure, prostration,
                  coma and death.

Anemone species  Press here for image

 

   Common names:  Pasque Flower, Anemone, April
                  Fools, Cats-Eyes, Gosling, Hartshorn
                  Plant, Lily of the Field,
                  Lion's Beard, Nightcaps,
                  Nimble Weed, Prairie Crocus,
                  Prairie Hen Flower, Prairie Smoke,
                  Thimbleweed, Wild Crocus,
                  Windflower.
 
   Description:   Usually less than 1 foot tall. 
                  Flowers appear singly on stem -
                  yellow, red, white or purple.
 
   Toxic Part:    The whole plant is poisonous.
 
   Symptoms:      Skin irritant and vesicant.  Ingestion causes
                  ulceration of the mouth and severe gastroenteritis.
 

Angel Trumpet Tree (see Brugmansia X candida)

 Apricot (Kernels) (see Prunus species)

 Arisaema triphyllum   Press here for image

   Common Names:  Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Bog Onion, Brown
                  Dragon, Cuckoo Plant, Indian Jack-in-the-
                  Pulpit, Memory Root, Pepper Turnip, Petit
                  Precheur, Priests Pentle, Small Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Starchwort,
                  Three Leaved Indian Turnip, Wake
                  Robin.
 
   Description:   Two leaves branching from the stalk
                  with three lance-shaped leaflets at
                  the end.  Flower may be green,
                  green striped with brown, or brown. 
                  Berries are red.
 
   Toxic Part:    Whole plant.
 
   Symptoms:      Burning of the lips, mouth and throat.
 

Asclepias species   Press here for image

 

   Common Names:  Milkweed
 
   Description:   There are approximately 20 different species.  They
                  are perennial, summer or autumn flowering herbs with 
                  milky juice. They have erect, non-twining stems. 
                  The fruit is the familiar inflated milk-weed pod 
                  filled with numerous seeds, each bearing a tuft of 
                  long, silky hairs.  There are two major groups, 
                  narrow-leaved and broad-leaved.  
 
   Toxic Parts:   Entire plant.
 
   Symptoms:      Profound depression, weakness, tetanic seizures,
                  labored respiration, elevated temperature.
 

Baneberry (see Actaea rubra var. arguta)

 Bittersweet (see Solanum dulcamara)

 Brugmansia X candida  Press here for image

   Common names:  Angel TrumpetTree, Belladonna, Campana, Cornucopia, 
                  Floripondio
 
   Description:   May grow to 20 feet in height. 
                  Flowers are white, yellowish white,
                  or pinkish white.  
 
   Toxic Part:    Whole plant is toxic, but flowers and seeds are most
                  often implicated in poisoning.
 
 
   Symptoms:      Dry mouth, dry warm skin, tachycardia and delirium with
                  hallucinations.
 

Buckeye (see Aesculus species)

 Buttercups (see Ranunculus species)