Re: OT: Iris Toxicity
- To: i*@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:40:02
>Dermatitis: Exposure to juice or sap from these plants or a puncture wound
>from the thorns may produce a skin rash or irritation. Skin wounds from
>some of these plants can be extremely painful causing large blisters and
>burning of the skin.
Steve are you sure this article is referring to irises? I tend towards
sensitive skin, so I am wondering which thorned irises are causing these
extremely painful skin wounds?
About the worst wound I have received is a poke in the eye by a leaf tip.
Cheers, Jan Clark
(rushing out to dig up and get rid of THORNBIRD)
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