Buttercup
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Buttercup
Names: Ranunculus spp., creeping buttercup
Description: Perennial with fibrous roots Stems are stout, and smooth. Leaves are three-parted. Flowers are yellow and solitary with five petals.
Concern level: Only during drought conditions, unpalatable.
Toxic parts: Entire plant, toxin is in the juice.
Symptoms: Colic, diarrhea, blisters and/or ulcers in mouth, blood in urine, heavy breathing, weak pulse, twitching of eyelids, drooling, reddening of mucous membranes, diarrhea.
Danger: Contains an oily glycoside, ranunculin in it’s juices that irritates everything it comes into contact with. Death has been reported, but only when fed in quantities.
More information: Cornell University
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