If you are a lover of hiking and of nature many times you will have found beautiful flowers during your walks. In these cases, the most sensible thing is always to admire them and enjoy their beauty without touching them and, of course, without pulling them out. What can be interpreted as an act of civility can save you more than one headache since some of the flowers that you can find on the mountain they can be poisonous.
Such is the case of the planta wolf killer (also known as aconite, devil’s helmet, anapelo or devil’s nabillo) that grows in the mountains of our country. It has pretty purple bell-shaped flowers but it’s one of the plants most dangerous in the world and the most dangerous in Europe.
Specifically, it grows in mountainous places in the northern hemisphere and in Spain we can find it in the Pyrenees, in the Iberian System and in the Sierra de Gúdar. has some beautifuls and ornamental purple flowers and bluish that reach all their splendor in the summer months. Its size is considerable and it can reach up to a meter in height.
But if for something this attractive is remarkable planta It’s because of its toxicity. So much so that if only a few milligrams of the substance it contains are consumed can even cause death. It is not enough not to consume it, You shouldn’t touch it either.
Why is the Matalobos plant so poisonous?
aconite or Matalobos plant contains mainly in its roots but also in its stem and leaves a poison called aconitine ( Aconitum napellus) that if ingested can have fatal consequences. Even just touching this plant (especially the roots, which is where there is a higher concentration of poison) can make your hands feel numb. The worst thing is that there is no antidote. For this reason, if one day you go hiking and in the mountains you find this flower do not touch it under any circumstances.
Other poisonous plants with which we must be careful
The case of the Matalobos plant It is not an isolated case, although it is the most serious. There are many plants that can be very dangerous if they are consumed or just touched. Some are more common than we think and are born in places as accessible as playgrounds and public gardens in cities. A clear example can be found in the oleander or oleander, a bush with pink flowers very easy to see in the parks and in highway medians.
In cases such as that of the baladre, it is necessary to prevent children and pets that normally frequent the parks where it is raised from touching it, much less putting it in their mouths.
The most toxic plants that we usually have at home
Many times, even inside plants that we have in our home can be dangerous, so if there are children or pets at home, they must be placed in places inaccessible to them. Some most common poisonous plants in our houses are the hydrangeas, chrysanthemums and elephant ear.
All of them can cause irritation and allergies on contact with the skin and if ingested vomiting, diarrhea and nausea.
With all this we do not want to scare you, because if you have a minimum of care and keep them in inaccessible places and you prevent children and pets from touching them, you can have these plants at home without any problem.
