Poisonous garden plants and other plants harmful to man in Australia.

A number of commonly grown garden plants and many weeds found in gardens are know to be poisonous. Many species found outside garden situations are also harmful to man. All of these are potentially dangerous, particularly to children who are more likely to chew them. This bulletin has been complied in response to frequent requests for information on poisonous plants, particularly in relation to human poisonings.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins3/1005/thumbnail.jp

Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium : wodjil poison (Gastrolobium floribundum S. Moore) breelya or kite-leaf poison (Gastrolobium laytonii J. White) roe\u27s poison (Oxylobium spectabile Endl.) granite poison (Oxylobium graniticum S. Moore)

THIS article deals with four species which are found in the pastoral area although three of them are also present in the agricultural area

Cyanogenetic plants of Western Australia

THIS article deals with the more important cyanogenetic plants found in Western Australia. It also deals with plants which have not been proved as cyanogenetic but which do produce toxic effects similar to those produced by cyanogenetic plants. Symptoms, post mortem appearances and the treatment for affected stock are also dealt with

Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium : York Road poison and box poison

YORK ROAD poison and box poison are two of the most important members of the group of poison plants belonging to the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium—the toxic pea-flowered plants

Water blooms

WHEN a body of water becomes discoloured with a super-abundance of free-floating, microscopic plant or, in rare cases, animal life, it is said to develop a water bloom. This article discusses some aspects of the appearance of water blooms, particularly those caused by algae, and with the effects that certain toxic algae have on livestock

Poison plant problems

A POISON plant may be defined as a plant which, when eaten by humans or animals, exerts harmful effects or causes death by virtue of its toxic substances

Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium : Champion Bay poison (G. oxylobioides Benth.), Sandplain poison (G. microcarpum Meissn.), Cluster poison (G. bennettsianum C.A. Gardn.), Hutt River poison (G. propinquum C.A. Gardn.), Gilbernine poison (G. rotundifolium Meissn.)

THIS article deals with five species of the genus Gastrolobium. The plants look rather similar so in the past have often been confused. They occur over a considerable area of the agricultural region of Western Australia

Poison plants of Western Australia : crinkle-leaf poison (Gastrolobium villosum Benth.), runner poison (G. ovalifolium Henfr.), horned poison and hill river poison (G. polystachyum Meissn.), woolly poison (G. tomentosum C.A. Gardn.)

THIS article deals with four toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium which are superficially similar to one other. Two of these species are prostrate in habit; the other two are more upright but are generally short in stature

Poison plants in the garden

SOME 18 commonly grown garden plants are known to be toxic and many local home gardens have five or six of them. Several other species can cause skin ailments

Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium. 1. Characteristics of the group

THE toxic species of the genera Gastrolobium and Oxylobium are a unique group of poison plants which have caused considerable economic loss to stock-raisers in Western Australia ever since the early days of settlement. These plants are widely distributed over the agricultural areas of the south-west, and, with the opening up of large tracts of land for stock-raising, the danger is as high as it has even been