This plant has lovely golden-yellow flowers. It can be toxic to goats, sheep, and cattle if eaten. The toxin is hymenoxon, which can cause vomiting, incoordination, muscle tremors, and prostration.
March 30, 2005 - Glendale, AZ I found these flowers blooming along the trail in Thunderbird Park. My guess would be that these are moth or butterfly-pollinated flowers. Like the "Evil Weed" cigarette tobacco, one of the (unfortunately!) main cash crops of Tennessee, this wildflower contains the toxins nicotine and pyridine. Do those two chemicals and insecticides sound familiar?! Why anyone would intentionally want to inhale a deadly poison (along with about 4000 other chemicals) is beyond my comprehension!
March 29, 2005 - Cave Creek, AZ
