Doll's Eyes (wildflower, buttercup family) - Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
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One of the perks of searching for wildlife to photograph is all the different wildflowers and fungi that I come across at various times of the year. Finding the uncommon and rare ones is really cool.
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White Baneberry, aka Doll's Eyes. Poisonous, especially the berries (see below info). A wildflower that can be found in eastern deciduous woodlands during the spring. Doll's Eyes has attractive foliage and striking white berries, which become mature during the late summer or early fall. These berries resemble the eyes of old-fashioned china dolls, hence the common name. Persisting for four to six weeks in late summer to early fall, the berries extend from the stem on thick, reddish stalks.
White Baneberry is toxic to humans. The berries are highly poisonous, but the entire plant is considered poisonous to humans. The berries contain cardiogenic toxins which can have an immediate sedative effect on human cardiac muscle tissue, and are the most poisonous part of the plant. Ingestion of the berries can lead to cardiac arrest and death. The berries are harmless to birds, the plant's primary seed dispersers.
Please help to ensure that wildflowers will be around for generations by leaving them unharmed. A flower that is picked can miss a chance to spread thousands of seeds. A plant that is dug up is gone forever, and the loss affects all things connected to it.
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