RE: OT: Iris Toxicity
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
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- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 22:28:32 -0500
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"I am a bit skeptical about any site that warns against reactions from the
sap and
leads a novice to believe irises have *thorns* that can cause puncture
wounds. :)" Hence the URL as both descriptions are applied to a wide variety
of plants.
I did a search on "plant toxicity" to gather results and this was the first
hit that mentioned iris that I would consider to be valid. If you, or
anyone else would like the results of that search, I will gladly e-mail them
to you. Had I phrased the search differently, I am sure I would have come
up with a different set of results.
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-----Original Message-----
From: J.F. Hensler [c*@povn.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:08 PM
To: 'iris-talk@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
The site shown below tries to cover too broad a subject, IMHO. I am a bit
skeptical about any site that warns against reactions from the sap and
leads a novice to believe irises have *thorns* that can cause puncture
wounds. :)
I don't know about other livestock but we feed the iris tops (Bearded, SIB,
JI) to our sheep when pruning back in the fall without any noticeable
adverse effects to the animals. Matter-of-fact they sort of look on them
as candy. Of the four university toxic plant sites we have in our
bookmarks only U Penn lists the iris in their data base and then only by
photo, with no accompanying explanatory text.
Medicinally, I've used bearded iris rhizomes to treat surface wound
infections and have had only good results. Back in my "herbal medicine"
days I did quite a bit of reading on the subject of irises and found them
used in a number of interesting remedies. Among them, the dried rhizome of
I. florentina was recommended for teething babies as well as a fixative for
fragrances.
On the other hand, a friend who works with I. versicolor claims it contains
a poison that will kill even gophers. There may be something to this since
old references to "blue flags" are for concoctions to encourage vomiting.
:-p
This would make an interesting article for the Journal if anyone has time
to do some in depth research.
Christy Hensler
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From: Steve Szabo
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