Fly Poison

Fly Poison

Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia. Near Mountain Lake.
crshortt
on Jun 24, 2008 2:31 am
Image ID: 414981

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jmc

jmc - May 26, 2009 9:45 am - Voted 10/10

is there more

Is there something that this flower does to earn the name?

crshortt

crshortt - Jun 1, 2009 8:14 pm - Hasn't voted

Apparently

all parts of the plant are considered poisonous with the bulb being especially toxic.

Lore: Hemmerly states that colonists used the bulb mixed with sugar to kill flies.

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