Poisonous plant - Sosnovsky hogweed

Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
 
Sosnovsky hogweed.
 
Now that preventing the spread of the Sosnovsky hogweed (Heracleum sosnowskyi), an introduced species in Estonia, is an official undertaking promoted by government, we should take care not to touch the plant. In addition to the fact that it takes over the habitats of native plants, it is poisonous. If one doesn’t know about this, it is easily done to put your hands on it, it is in itself a very decorative plant and it was once brought to Estonia as an ornamental garden plant. But the poison in the hogweed produces burn-like lesions on the skin. Children like to make air guns from hogweed stems ... Learn to recognize it.


 

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