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Picture | Danger | Binomial Name | Also known as | Native to | Uses | Other Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigweed |  | Pigweed causes trouble breathing followed by trembling and weakness, then potential coma and death. | Amaranthus retroflexus | Red-root Amaranth Redroot Pigweed Common Amaranth | Europe Tropical America | ... |  |
| Pokeweed |  | All parts of this plant cause diarrhea, colic, bloody stools, possible anemia, and occasionally death. | Genus: Phytolacca | poke pokebush pokeberry pokeroot polk salad polk sallet inkberry or omb | North America South America East Asia New Zealand | Young pokeweed leaves can be boiled three times to reduce the toxin, discarding the water after each boiling. The result is known as poke salit, or poke salad, and is occasionally available commercially. |  |
| Rhubarb |  | The leaves of rhubarb plants are dangerous to pets. They cause trembling, difficulties breathing, weakness, diarrhea, and increase in drinking and urinating. They can be fatal. | Genus: Rheum | the root known as "rha" or "rheon" | Asia | ... |  |
| Water Hemlock |  | Water hemlock is very dangerous and kills quickly. It causes dilated pupils, foaming at the mouth, muscles spasms, and convulsions. Death comes within 15 minutes to about 2 hours. | Genus: Cicuta | Cowbane | Northern Hemisphere mainly North America | ... |  |
| Yew |  | Yew causes problems breathing, trembling and weakness, heart problems, stomach irritation, and very sudden death. | Taxus canadensis | Canadian Yew | central and eastern North America | Taxus canadensis is also being harvested in northern Ontario, Qubec and Atlantic Canada as the plant is a source of the class of poisonous chemicals known as taxanes, which have been a focus for cancer research. |  |
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