In article <6fe7meFb4j12U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Charlie Kroeger <ckrogrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I dare to contradict
> > pharmacy is that rabbits like to consume senecio's herb without damage
>
> Rabbit digestion should be studied. I know they can eat poison ivy and
Rats
> make nest from it, a plant some would fear more than Tansy Ragwort.
>
> Senecio from what I read, is a 'genus' of the daisy family that includes
> ragworts and groundsels. This genus contains a 'vast' number of species.
> Some species produce a natural pesticide which is the alkaloid that is
> damaging to the livers of livestock when they eat the species: Tansy
> Ragwort. I found this interesting site about 'tansy.' People have been
> using it since Athens was a city state:
>
> http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/t/tansy-05.html
Careful - Wrong Tansy - that's Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), and
yeah, I've heard of it being used in herbal treatments.
The stuff I'm getting rid of is Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), and
the only thing I need to know about it is that it's poison for horses,
so it must die Die DIE *DIE*!!!!!111eleventy-one1!! Oops... Got a little
too enthusiastic for a second there - I'm OK now. Honest... Hey - Wait!
What are you doing with that butterfly net? :)
But seriously...
While the Common Tansy's leaves look *SOMEWHAT* like Tansy Ragwort (or
vice-versa) the flowers are quite distinct: Common Tansy flowers have no
petals at all - They look almost exactly like a smaller version of a
daisy that's had all the petals plucked off a blossom. Tansy Ragwort, on
the other hand, has flowers that resemble a small (about 1/2-3/4 inch
across) yellow-petaled daisy.
See 'em side-by-side (as I have been in the pasture I'm trying to fix
up) and I guarantee that if you've got functioning vision, there's
simply no hope of mistaking them for each other. :)
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