Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: POISONOUS

These are some of my favourite seedpods, all dried out yesterday when I saw them in Fish Creek Park in the Sikome area. As you can see by the sky, we had an absolutely gorgeous winter's day yesterday. This plant species was introduced from Eurasia and it has become a very unwelcome plant, spreading by means of the many, many tiny seeds it produces. The round seed capsule is surrounded by the "enlarged, bristle-topped sepals", forming the tiny, veined "urns" seen in my photo.

These are some of my favourite seedpods, belonging to the Black Henbane plant. This member of the Nightshade family (also called the Potato family) is an introduced species from Eurasia. All parts of Black Henbane are POISONOUS! Unfortunately, this plant has become an invasive species.

I find this an attractive flower, but also a rather strange one. The purple veining is quite striking. The next photo in my photostream shows the seedpods of this plant - like a row of tiny urns. This particular plant was growing at Strathcona Park Ravine when we were there for a walk yesterday morning.