Herbarium of the Bizarre

Deadly Nightshade

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It’s one of history’s favorite poisons, Deadly Nightshade! It’s also one of my favorite plants, because it is both pretty and horribly toxic. The flowers are my favorite color!


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Information provided by:

  1. Atropa Belladonna intoxication: a case report by Mohamed Adnane Berdai, et al. (2012)
  2. https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/magical-mystical-and-medicinal/belladonna
  3. https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/deadly-nightshade/
  4. https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/deadly-nightshade-botanical-biography
  5. https://www.rxlist.com/how_do_anticholinergic_agents_work/drug-class.htm
  6. An Evidence-Based Systematic Review of Belladonna by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration by Catherine Ulbricht, et al. (2004)
  7. https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticholinergic
  9. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna
  10. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/deadly-nightshade/
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    Herbarium of the BizarreBy Meredith Hemphill