Poisonous Plants You Can Find in Your Own Backyard

Poisonous Plants You Can Find in Your Own Backyard

HC Staff - August 24, 2023

Poisonous Plants You Can Find in Your Own Backyard
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Lantana

Lantana is a beautiful, vibrant plant with yellow flowers nestled by bright red flowers. What makes the lantana plant so toxic, though, is according to DAF, “the triterpene acids, lantadene A (rehmannic acid), lantadene B, and their reduced forms.” To feel the effects of poisoning, an animal only needs to ingest around one percent of their body weight. In cattle, the animal will experience liver damage, excessive skin sensitivity to light, and yellow discoloration of the eyes, which is also referred to as jaundice.

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