Plant ID help

[resnikov]

There are loads of these at my permission and I was wondering what they are and can they be used for anything.

I think they are Enchanters Nightshade but not sure.

Any one got an idea ?

 

[British Red]

Looks like Dogs Mercury to me?

 

[Osprey]

I would agree with BR, Dogs mercury.

 

[stovie]

I'll third that...give you a nasty gut ache...and very bitter

 

[resnikov]

Cheers for ID guys. Think I might have to go back and take a better look and get some better pics. The pics I took the leaves look kind of shiny whilst the pics I can find of Dog Mercury look more matt. Might just have been my phone.

 

[shaggystu]

as others have said, dog's mercury, really common plant to spot at this time of year because it's a bit taller than most other things at the moment

stuart

 

[stuart f]

Heres a link about Dogs mercury,http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/atoz/mercurialis_perennis.htm

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Bluefrog]

It can be used to poison fish, then cook the fish to nutrulise the poison, people say ancestors may have used it to catch fish. Also be careful if picking ramsons as this plant can grow with them, even though they are quite different it has been known to carelessly pick with the ramsons and they are poisonous to humans.

Ste

 

[Geoff Dann]

Can they be used for anything?

Dog's Mercury and it can be used to make a vivid (but pH unstable) blue dye.

Also, this plant is not that poisonous. Only two human deaths recorded, both small children. Some cattle deaths but they probably ate a vast quantity of the stuff.