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-square14fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoLime juice can do the same thing! Heard it called margarita burns.
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHa yeah, it’s a plant we must notify to the waterways management society in my area. It’s invasive and pretty nasty.
Of course it’s Australian lol.
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.