Lenny@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoA tree with an excruciating sting that can persist for years.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkA tree with an excruciating sting that can persist for years.en.m.wikipedia.orgLenny@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months 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-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoHa yeah, it’s a plant we must notify to the waterways management society in my area. It’s invasive and pretty nasty.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoLime juice can do the same thing! Heard it called margarita burns.
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!
Ha yeah, it’s a plant we must notify to the waterways management society in my area. It’s invasive and pretty nasty.
Lime juice can do the same thing! Heard it called margarita burns.