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)
Rainastorm
Super cool looking, and nice lil spider (or) on the side there hehe Nice to see you post again Lynn!
ShadowsNTime
oooh! I SEE THE CREEPY CRAWLEY!!! shriek!!!!!!! gREAT SHOT THO! EXCELLENT CLARITY: )
Seaview123
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!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent shot!
sandra46
fantastic shot and great info!
tennesseecowgirl
LOL love your description. Nice work~
lior
A so wonderful artwork!
virginiese
nice plant :-) great light and shot Lynn
durleybeachbum
More than one friend, I see! What an interesting plant, I've never heard of this. A super shot, and an excellent compo!
PD154
Love the way the stems divide the image into segments, great stuff.
Styxx
Amazing Macro Lynn! Such vivid colours! Bravo and hugs!
Richardphotos
beautiful but deadly. I have not seen this to my kn0owledge in person
farmerC
Exellent Shot.
Chrissyspics
Wow Iv never Seen One of Those Before So Bright :D 5++
Eldeago
lol yup seen the little feller. Interesting about the plant too.
flavia49
wonderful image!!!
emmecielle
Excellent shot and interesting informations! :)
elfin12u
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!