Corncockle
Episode 63 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Corncockle" was published on January 24, 2025 and runs 8 minutes.
January 24, 2025 ·8m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
This plant is deadly poisonous. But there seems to be some disagreement on how deadly, which seems like something that would be easy to come to a conclusion on. Just don’t eat it. Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2017/01/24/corncockle-agrostemma-githago/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/488938/Poisonous-Corncockle-spotted-in-the-UK Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants by Fez Inkwright (2021) https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/agrostemma-githago/ https://pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrostemma+githago https://www.rxlist.com/supplements/corn_cockle.htm Phytochemistry and biological activities of Agrostemma genus: A review by Aleksander Smakosz, Adam Matkowski, & Izabela Nawrot-Hadzik (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13121673 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrostemma_githago
Episode Description
This plant is deadly poisonous. But there seems to be some disagreement on how deadly, which seems like something that would be easy to come to a conclusion on. Just don’t eat it.
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- https://www.jeremybartlett.co.uk/2017/01/24/corncockle-agrostemma-githago/
- https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/488938/Poisonous-Corncockle-spotted-in-the-UK
- Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants by Fez Inkwright (2021)
- https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/agrostemma-githago/
- https://pfaf.org/USER/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Agrostemma+githago
- https://www.rxlist.com/supplements/corn_cockle.htm
- Phytochemistry and biological activities of Agrostemma genus: A review by Aleksander Smakosz, Adam Matkowski, & Izabela Nawrot-Hadzik (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13121673
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrostemma_githago