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Fiddleneck Warning
Read more about this toxic plant. Even if you don't have horses, let's use Roundup, shovels - whatever it takes - to get rid of this plant before it spreads even more!
There are a number of Fiddleneck weeds that are growing
everywhere this
spring. They are toxic to horses so be sure to keep your
horses from
grazing on them. Fiddleneck (tarweed)- Causes
photophobia,
photosensitivity, jaundice, liver failure, diarrhea,
depression,
aberrant behavior (head pressing, incessant licking, aimless
walking),
weight loss, edema of the extremities. As little as 15 mg of
dried plant
per kilogram of weight over 2 weeks will induce severe liver
failure.
It takes approximately 50 lbs. to kill / poison a horse over a
life time.
The weed can't be digested and accumulates in the horse's
belly. It is a sad death
for your horse. The weed is about 24 inches tall. It grows in a
bunch but you can
see each tall stalk and at the tip it is curled over like the end
of a fiddle with small yellow
blossom on it.
See the weed on this web site and in the photo.
http://kaweahoaks.com/html/fiddleneck.html
<http://kaweahoaks.com/html/fiddleneck.html>
More poisonous plants:
http://www.whmentors.org/saf/poison.html