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• Lathyrus japonicus
  ...coastal areas of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. ...al and paler purple wing and keel petals; they are produced in [[raceme]]s of 2-7 together.
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• Oriental Staff Vine
  ...Bowden |title=Oriental and American Bittersweet Hybrids |journal=[[Journal of Heredity]] |volume=38 |number=4 |pages=125–128 |date=1947 |url=http://jhe ...sonous.<ref>Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal and Joseph M. Ditomaso, ''Weeds of The Northeast'', (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997), Pp. 336–33
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• Cryptostegia grandiflora
  |image_caption = Flowers and leaves of Rubber Vine ...an, [[East Africa]], [[Mauritius]], [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Latin America]], the southern [[United States]], [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]].
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• Arisaema triphyllum
  ...ist woodlands and thickets from [[Nova Scotia]] west to [[Minnesota]], and south to southern [[Florida]]. ...d covers over and contain a [[spadix]] ("Jack"), covered with tiny flowers of both sexes. The flowers are unisexual, in small plants most if not all the
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• Solanum nigrum
  ...sp&name=Solanum~nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'' plant profile, ''New South Wales Flora Online'']</ref> ...], and can be [[fatal]]. Death can result from the ingestion of high doses of plant parts, causing [[cardiac arrhythmia]]s and [[respiratory failure]].
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• Manchineel
  ...', "little apple of death". This refers to the fact that manchineel is one of the most poisonous trees in the world. ...p to 15 [[meters]] high with a greyish bark, shiny green leaves and spikes of small greenish flowers. Its fruits, which are similar in appearance to an [
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• Phytolacca americana
  ...d ink plant''' and '''chui xu shang lu''' (in [[Chinese medicine]]). Parts of this plant are highly [[toxic]] to [[livestock]] and humans, and it is cons ...hanges to a spreading, horizontal form later in the season with the weight of the berries. Plant dies back to roots each winter. Stem has chambered [[pi
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• Amianthium
  ...e scientific name was given to it by Thomas Walter when he published his ''Flora Caroliniana'' in 1788. ...name="fna"/><ref>Appalachian Wildflowers by Thomas E. Hemmerly. University of Georgia Press, ISBN 0-8203-2181-8</ref>
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• Ageratina altissima
  ...atorium]]'' has undergone taxonomic revision by [[botanist]]s and a number of the species once included there have been moved to other genera. ...innaeus) R. M. King & H. Robinson var. altissima | work = [[Flora of North America]]}}</ref>
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• Cestrum aurantiacum
  ..., is an [[invasive species]] native to [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. This plant is used as an [[ornamental plant]], and it is a [[poisonous p [[Category:Flora of North America]]
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• Ornithogalum
  ...hite flowers striped with green. There are numerous members of the genus, of which ''O. umbellatum'' is perhaps the best-known: :''[[Ornithogalum arabicum|O. arabicum]]'' (Star-of-Bethlehem)
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• Veratrum viride
  ...t plant by farmers with livestock. The species has acquired a large number of common names within its native range, including American False Hellebore, A ...px?sciname=Veratrum+viride ''Veratrum viride'']</ref><ref name=jeps>Jepson Flora [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Veratrum+viride ''V
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• Agave
  |subdivision = see text. See also [[List of Agave species|full listing]]. {{For|the queen of Greek mythology|Agave (mythology)}}
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• Sandbox Tree
  ...ceae]]), native to tropical regions of [[North America|North]] and [[South America]] in [[Amazon Rainforest]]. It is recognized by the many dark, pointed spin ...has also been known as the Dynamite tree, so named for the explosive sound of the ripe fruit as it splits into segments.
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• Astragalus lentiginosus
  '''''Astragalus lentiginosus''''' is a species of [[Fabaceae|legume]] known by the [[common name]]s '''spotted locoweed'''<re ...ies of this species, and they vary in appearance. The flower and the fruit of a given individual are generally needed to identify it down to the variety.
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• Ageratum houstonianum
  ...ay flowers are threadlike, leading to the common name.<ref>New South Wales Flora Online, ''Ageratum houstonianum'' [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bi ...xon_id=200023022 | title = Ageratum houstonianum | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref><ref>Species profile [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/N
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• Lily of the Valley
  ...'''''Convallaria''''' in the flowering plant family [[Ruscaceae]] (or one of two, or three, if ''C. keiskei'' and ''C. transcaucasica'' are recognised a ...eason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur, (1991), ''Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada'', New York Botanical Garden
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• Bloodroot
  ...in the family [[Papaveraceae]] and most closely related to ''[[Eomecon]]'' of eastern Asia. ...etimes '''pauson'''. Bloodroot has also been known as '''tetterwort''' in America, although that name is used in Britain to refer to [[Greater Celandine]].
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• Kalmia latifolia
  ...]] of [[Connecticut]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. It is the namesake of the city of [[Laurel, Mississippi]] (founded 1882). ...of pink, near red and maroon pigment. It blooms in May and June. All parts of the plant are [[poison]]ous. [[Root]]s are [[Fiber|fibrous]] and matted.<r
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• Sambucus nigra
  ...lora Europaea]]</ref> , northwest Africa southwest Asia, and western North America. ...nction from other species of ''Sambucus'' is needed. It grows in a variety of conditions including both wet and dry fertile soils, primarily in sunny loc
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