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