Category Archives: Flora
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy/Oak The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Rosids: Sapindales: Anacardiaceae: Toxicodendron: Toxicodendron radicans ] Common Names: Localities: Poison Ivy grows throughout North America, in the United States and through … Continue reading
White Hellebore
Veratrum album, White helleborene The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland White Hellebore Veratrum album [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Monocots: Liliales: Melanthiaceae: Veratrum: Veratrum album ] Common Names: Bearsfoot, stinking hellebore, sabadilla, European Hellebore, Weisse Niesswurz, False Helleborine, White Veratrum … Continue reading
Camellia: Green Tea
Camellia sinensis Tea The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Camellia: Green Tea Camellia sinensis [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales: Theaceae: Camellia: Camellia sinensis ] Common Names: Green Tea, White Tea, Oolong, Pu-erh, black tea, tea plant, tea … Continue reading
Rhubarb
Rhubarb The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Rhubarb Rheum rhabarbarum [ Plantae: Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Polygonaceae: Rheum: R. rhabarbarum ] Common Names: Localities: Grown throughout the world in heated greenhouses, it is a common vegetable all over. Species: … Continue reading
Black Cohosh
Black Cohosh The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa, Actea racemosa [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae: Actaea: Cimicifuga racemosa, Actea racemosa ] Common Names: black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot, macrotys, bugbane, bugwort, rattleroot, … Continue reading
Castor Oil Plant
Castor Oil Plant The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Castor Oil Plant Ricinus communis [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae: Acalypheae: Ricininae: Ricinus communis ] Common Names: Castor, Castor Oil, Bofareira, Castor Oil Plant, Castor Bean Plant, … Continue reading
Deadly Nightshade (Belladonna)
Deadly Nightshade The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Deadly Nightshade Atropa belladonna [ Plantae: Angiosperms: Eudicots: Asterids: Solanales: Solanaceae: Atropa: Atropa belladonna ] Common Names: Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Atropa, Belladonna, divale, dwale, banewort, devil’s cherries, naughty man’s cherries, … Continue reading
Common Box
Common Box The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Common Box Buxus sempervirens [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Buxales: Buxaceae: Buxus: Buxus sempervirens ] Common Names: Common Box, European Box, Boxwood. Localities: It is native to coastal regions especially in … Continue reading
European Mandrake
European Mandrake The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland European Mandrake Mandragora officinarum [ Plantae: Solanaceae: Mandragora officinarum ] Common Names: Alraunwurzel, Mandrake, Satan’s Apple, mandragora, love apple, Circe’s plant, Dudaim. Localities: European Mandrake is native to southern Europe, … Continue reading
Opium Poppy
Opium Poppy The Poison Garden, Blarney Castle, Ireland Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Ranunculales: Papaveraceae: Papaver: Papaver somniferum ] Common Names: poppy tears, lachryma papaveris. Localities: Grown ornamenatlly throughout Europe, North America, South America, and … Continue reading