Poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory: names and descriptions

The kingdom of plants on the planet existed long before the appearance of man. And for millions of years they had a lot of wonderful opportunities to adapt to the various environmental conditions as much as possible. The virulence of individual representatives of this kingdom is also one of the options for ensuring an optimal existence. After all, such plants and animals will not exist, and the person once again will not touch. To date, such representatives of the flora, capable of producing and accumulating poisons, there are more than 10 thousand.

In Russia there are also a huge number of them. Walking through the meadows and forest edges, people do not even suspect that there are many dangerous plants around them. Some of them are very toxic and can cause irreparable damage to our health - both physical and mental. Some of these representatives of the flora can even be touched, snorted, ripped off without any damage to themselves. However, the poisonous fruits of plants are very dangerous. And try them on the taste better not worth it.

Poisonous plants of the book are separate worthy. Including representatives of the flora in the Krasnodar Territory. Around us, there are many more species of plants, poisonous to a greater or lesser extent than we can imagine, since the usual flowers, trees, grasses, shrubs can be hostile. Even more dangerous they can be for children, because the child's body is less stable and more susceptible to toxins.

It is important to know at least the most common poisonous plants in the Krasnodar Territory. This will help to protect yourself from the most dangerous chemical burns or poisoning, which can result from innocent pleasure in such a harmless at first glance flower or a beautiful herb for herbarium. How dangerous are the poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory? Photos and descriptions of them are presented in this article.

Ashen Caucasian

For the amazing ability not to burn the ash is also called the burning bush, fire-flower, and also wild bean. This small plant about 50 cm high with dark green leaves that look like ash trees, and large white or purple flowers is the most dangerous in the flora of the Krasnodar Territory. True, the harm is borne by the ash tree only during its flowering, in May-June. In addition, he looks very attractive and innocuous. However, its flowers can cause deep chemical burns, rash, inflammation. And due to the increased content of essential oils, it affects the human body at a distance.

Borshevik

There are at least 60 species of this two-year-old plant, and some can be eaten by both animals and humans. The real danger is concealed in itself only cowboy Sosnovsky. Leaves and its fruits contain essential oils that can cause burns with blisters, the strongest allergic reactions in humans. Other names of poisonous plants from this family: angelica, borzovka, bursa. Depending on the species, the height can range from 0.2 m to 2.5 m, the leaves are very large, the flowers are small, collected in the form of an umbrella (white, bright pink, greenish-yellow).

Aconite

Such perennial poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory also have at least 60 species. But unlike cow-bears, they are all dangerous. These are two-meter plants with a powerful rhizome and irregularly shaped flowers. They can be white, blue, yellow or purple. The aconite also has other names: a wrestler, a wolf-cub, a wolf's root, a chamber-grass, a black potion and others. If you believe the ancient Greek myths from the cycle about the exploits of Hercules, then this plant grew on the place where poisonous saliva dripped from the mouth of Cerberus, near the city of Aconi. Hence the name. It should be borne in mind that all parts of the plant are dangerous, especially the roots. And if the injured person is not provided with timely assistance, the outcome, unfortunately, will be lethal.

Belladonna

One of its names (belladonna) this perennial plant received for the fact that the ancient Romans and Italians used the juice of belladonna to give the cheeks a charming blush, and the eyes - a special brilliance. And even today, in medicine, the wolfberry (it's also the sweet cherry, the psychedelic cherry - all these are the names of poisonous plants) is a part of various medications. The leaves of the belladonna egg-shaped, the berries are black-violet, outwardly resemble a cherry. However, it is the poisonous fruit that is considered the most dangerous, although the damage is borne by the entire plant with the root system inclusive, causing various hallucinations, attacks of causeless laughter and excessive activity.

Elderberry black

For the Krasnodar Territory, this unpretentious poisonous shrub is not uncommon. You can meet it almost everywhere, in fields and in forests. The height of elderberry can reach an average of 6 meters, the leaves are large, the flowers are yellowish-white, but the fruits are black-violet. It is they, especially those who are not fully mature, are the most dangerous, because they have a neurotoxic effect.

Bleached black

Such poisonous plants of Krasnodar are among the most common and can meet almost anywhere. Belen is a fairly tall plant (up to one and a half meters) with thick gray-green leaves and fruits in the form of a box with dark-brown seeds resembling poppies. Flowers are yellow, with purple veins. The effect of eating this plant for food - a strong fever, dry mouth, agitation, delirium, increased activity.

Stramonium

Another dangerous representative of the Nightshade family is the dope common (smelly), an annual plant up to 1.5 meters high, with dark green jagged egg-shaped leaves and large white flowers with a strong odor. In addition, there is a dope and fruit in the form of a box, covered with spines and containing seeds of black color. Symptoms of poisoning are similar to blemish. These poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory are also very common, they have long "settled" next to a person even within the city.

Lily of the valley

Many consider this elegant and habitual to our eye plant absolutely harmless. However, it is not. And especially dangerous are the red-orange berries of the lily of the valley, the use of which in food leads to severe poisoning, accompanied by headache, cold sweat, and sometimes convulsions.

Ambrosia

Especially widespread this plant has become recently. Presenting a serious danger to allergy sufferers, it causes severe attacks of hay fever and migraine. This one- or perennial grass of the Astro family is about 2 meters high with a powerful root system and large leaves. Flowers are five-toothed, yellow or greenish.

Digitalis purpurea

Attention to these two-year-old poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory, first of all, very remarkable and bright appearance, large flowers. That's just all parts of the foxglove are poisonous, causing severe vomiting, convulsions, weakness, nonsense, stopping blood circulation and even falling into a coma. Therefore, medical assistance to affected people is necessary and immediately.

It is extremely important to understand which plant is poisonous, and which is quite safe. So, we all know the celandine, the juice of which for many generations has been covered up with the "combat" cuts of childhood, but when you eat it you can get severe poisoning with seizures and depression of the central nervous system.

Roots and bark of acacia, trapped in inadvertently, can cause cardiovascular insufficiency and severe mental disorders. Moreover, such symptoms are manifested not only in the elderly, but also in young, absolutely healthy people. Yes, and the common poppy, in particular the opium variety, is disastrous. It causes severe poisoning, similar in its symptoms with lesions from bleached black.

Therefore, it is so important to be careful and not to touch once again even familiar plants. And the more it is not necessary to taste them. Precaution and the younger generation from such experiments. Of course, the description of poisonous plants can continue for a long time. However, no matter how hard you try, you still can not remember all of them. But the most common poisonous plants of the Krasnodar Territory (photo of some you can see in the article) you need to know.