2025-10-14

Completed 14th October 2025

 

1000 Pieces
 
As with almost everything we consume, too much of it can lead to premature death - in the long run. However, some plants and parts of plants can drastically shorten life if consumed in excess. The Artist Pixie Cold has given this some thought and compiled a list of poisonous plants growing in Europe. Take care about the blue one ...

  Aconitum = blue monkshood * contact alone is enough to cause inflammation and poisoning
 

 
Brugmansia = angel's trumpet, is hallucinogenic

    
Atropa Belladonna = deadly nightshade, 10-12 berries are enough for adults to die

 
Datura = thorn apple, hallucinogenic
 
 
Digitalis = foxglove, heart failure possible within 6 hours
 
 
Cicuta Virosa = water hemlock, leads to respiratory paralysis. Incidentally, the most famous person to be executed by drinking a cup of hemlock was Socrates.
 
 
 
Hyoscyamus niger = black henbane, causes respiratory paralysis
 
 
 
Taxus baccata = yew, causes severe damage to the liver, nerves and heart
 

 
Colchicum autumnale = autumn crocus
 
 
    
this moth is not toxic
 
Ravensburger, 2024 



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