Commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked ladies, is a toxic autumn-blooming flowering plant that resembles the true crocuses. It is deadly poisonous due to its colchicine content, and no antidote is known. In spring its leaves are
Monkshood it’s always where we would not like it to be: between our delicious Goat’s beard (Aruncus dioicus) and/or blue alpine sowthistle (Cicerbita alpina) shoots. That’s why I never teach those two to beginners. A moment’s carelessness could be lethal. A
Each one of us, once in a lifetime, was told “beware of monkshood because it’s poisonous”. OK, but the next step is, how do I know what it looks like? It could be hard sometimes, when it has no flowers
