In article ,
Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-07 23:11:54 +0100, Dave Poole said:

On Saturday, September 7, 2013 5:48:50 PM UTC+1, leslie wrote:
Datura. !! Jimson Weed most dangerous hallucianating and killing plant in
europe
This plant will grow anywhere and if found in the wild should be destroyed
on sight

Utter Rubbish! There are countless toxic plants both in the wild and
in cultivation. A bit of common sense is all that is needed to prevent
any problems. Folks who post inane messages like this really **** me
off.

Given the nature of the posting and the name given to the plant, I
would think is someone in USA used to seeing it growing wild and
prolifically in a warmy climate. Bit of hysteria there!

It's a fairly regular posting, though I have no idea why. It may
be trolling, because some people have a bee in their bonnet, or
for some other such reason.

It's an occasional casual here, but a widespread and common casual
in southern Europe and warmer climates. It was a common plant
during my childhood, and we were simply told that eating it
would kill us. Well, it would - we didn't.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.