Senecio
Botanical Name:
Senecio L.
Vernacular Names:
Groundsel
Possible Contraindications (not exhaustive):
Several toxic species; Lethal to livestock if grazed [KP].
There was a king reigned in the East: | |
There, when kings will sit to feast, | 60 |
They get their fill before they think | |
With poisoned meat and poisoned drink. | |
He gathered all the springs to birth |
"A “poison” commonly referred to an extract of plants containing alkaloids such as henbane (hyoscyamine), wolf’s bane (aconitine), or poison hemlock (coniine)."[102]