Carolina Horse Nettle by ShadowsNTime
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Description
Found this growing on one of our properties. Got yelled at for picking it to photograph it, lol! He said 'You don't know if thats poisonous or not.' Well turns out he was right but not poison to touch...There is a little friend there for Andrea too, had I realized that I would have left shrieking!!!!
Common Name: Horse Nettle, Sandbrier, Bull Nettle, Apple-of-Sodom, Tread Softly
Scientific Name: Solanum carolinense
The highly toxic horse nettle and bittersweet nightshade come from the same family as tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. Horse nettle, which grows in grazing pastures, has frequently been associated with livestock poisoning. Cattle will not knowingly eat it, but it often gets mixed in with their hay. Prickles on the plant can cause painful wounds and should be avoided. The berries of horse nettle were once considered useful as an antispasmodic for the treatment of epilepsy. (I forgot to get the addy for the info, just google it) Zoom for the friend!
Glad you all liked the fat groundhog:-) Thanks for looking and for previous comments and favs!
Comments (18)
Super cool looking, and nice lil spider (or) on the side there hehe Nice to see you post again Lynn!
oooh! I SEE THE CREEPY CRAWLEY!!! shriek!!!!!!! gREAT SHOT THO! EXCELLENT CLARITY: )
It's an interesting looking plant, and I thank you for posting pictures of it, because I don't know all that much about wild plants (I'm a city boy). If you know what Poison Ivy or Oak looks like, let me know. Good looking photo. I'll be sure never to eat one of these!
Excellent shot!
fantastic shot and great info!
LOL love your description. Nice work~
A so wonderful artwork!
nice plant :-) great light and shot Lynn
More than one friend, I see! What an interesting plant, I've never heard of this. A super shot, and an excellent compo!
Love the way the stems divide the image into segments, great stuff.
Amazing Macro Lynn! Such vivid colours! Bravo and hugs!
beautiful but deadly. I have not seen this to my kn0owledge in person
Exellent Shot.
Wow Iv never Seen One of Those Before So Bright :D 5++
lol yup seen the little feller. Interesting about the plant too.
wonderful image!!!
Excellent shot and interesting informations! :)
I've learned not to weed whack nettles while wearing shorts, just and FYI for all of you. I'm not sure what the difference is between nettles and horse nettles. The leaves look pretty much the same, but we don't have the pretty berries shown here. Coll shot, great bonus bugs....yeah, there's two!