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[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 11 points 1 month ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum

And the carrot plant looks near identical to Giant Hogsweed because they're both in the same family. One has a delicious carrot underneath and will do you no harm, you can even eat the green tops. The other will cause you severe burns even just by brushing against it. The plant itself doesn't even burn you, it destroys the skin in such a way that sunshine is what burns you.

[-] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

hogweed is hogwild. my wife has these strange white scars all over her legs, arms, and chest because she was weed whacking in shorts and a spaghetti top and hogweed juice sprayed on her. she has somewhat darker skin so the scars stand out. she does not weed whack in anything but full coverage now. the scars are slowly fading but it's been about 5 months and they're still very prominent.

[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

oof. That was an excessively painful comment to read.

As they say: safety rules are written in hogweed sap.

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Typically you'll have to break the stem, right?

Giant hogweed really is quite large, often more than head-height - you're more likely to confuse carrot with cow parsley or hemlock or maybe yarrow, I'd have thought.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Don't fuck with the carrot gang

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