Scientific
Name
Echium spp.
Common Name
Viper's bugloss, blueweed, blue devil. |
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CAUSES ONLY LOW TOXICITY
IF EATEN. SKIN IRRITATION MINOR, OR LASTING ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. CAUSES
SEVERE PAIN IN THE MOUTH IF EATEN! SKIN IRRITATION MINOR, OR LASTING ONLY
FOR A FEW MINUTES.
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Characteristics
 Family- Boraginaceae.
- Plant
Description
- Coarsely hairy herbs with alternate, simple leaves; flowers
in a slender, leafy, terminal cluster, each 5-parted, blue.
- Origin
- Eurasia.
- Distribution
- Mountains, Piedmont.
- Where
Found
- Landscape as cultivated herbaceous ornamentals, weedy
in disturbed areas, naturalized.
- Mode
- Ingestion, dermatitis.
- Poisonous
Part
- All parts.
- Symptoms
- Digestive upset and liver damage; skin irritation from
the coarse hairs.
- Toxic
Principle
- Pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
- Severity
- CAUSES ONLY LOW TOXICITY IF EATEN. SKIN IRRITATION MINOR,
OR LASTING ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES. CAUSES SEVERE PAIN IN THE MOUTH IF EATEN!
SKIN IRRITATION MINOR, OR LASTING ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES.
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"Poisonous Plants of North Carolina,"
Dr. Alice B. Russell, Department of Horticultural Science; Dr. James
W. Hardin, Botany; Dr. Larry Grand, Plant Pathology; and Dr. Angela Fraser,
Family and Consumer Sciences; North Carolina State University. All
Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell, James W. Hardin, Larry Grand.
Computer programming, Miguel A. Buendia; graphics, Brad Capel.
Disclaimer: The list of poisonous plants on this web site does
not necessarily include every poisonous plant that is known, or that might
be found in an urban landscape or home. North Carolina State University
does not advise eating any of the plants included in this web site. The
information concerning edibility is taken from the literature, and the
degree of reliability is unknown. We discourage the use of any of these
plants for self medication. In cases of accidental exposure or ingestion,
contact the Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222.
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