Bloodroot Pretty Poison is a photograph by Henry Kowalski which was uploaded on May 2nd, 2014.
Bloodroot Pretty Poison
There are a lot of split personalities in the plant world... more
Title
Bloodroot Pretty Poison
Artist
Henry Kowalski
Medium
Photograph -
Description
There are a lot of split personalities in the plant world
On the surface this is a delicate wildflower:
It's an early bloomer so it brings joy after a dreary winter
And sadly it disappears too quickly
The petals fall off a day or two after pollination
However below the surface is a whole heap of trouble
Bloodroot has an orange colored rhizome in which it stores sap
That sap contains a toxin, sanguinarine
It's been known to kill and it'll badly burn the skin
Pretty poison
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May 2nd, 2014