Lenny@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA tree with an excruciating sting that can persist for years.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkA tree with an excruciating sting that can persist for years.en.m.wikipedia.orgLenny@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoHere’s a fun one that isn’t from Australia! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum Causes burns if you touch it and then expose the part of your skin that touched the plant to the sun!
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoLime juice can do the same thing! Heard it called margarita burns.
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoHa yeah, it’s a plant we must notify to the waterways management society in my area. It’s invasive and pretty nasty.
Here’s a fun one that isn’t from Australia!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum
Causes burns if you touch it and then expose the part of your skin that touched the plant to the sun!
Lime juice can do the same thing! Heard it called margarita burns.
Ha yeah, it’s a plant we must notify to the waterways management society in my area. It’s invasive and pretty nasty.