Dead tongue (Oenanthe banatica)
Description
The turnip Devil ( Oenanthe crocata ) is a species of the family of the Apiaceae . Etymologically, Oenanthe : generic name that derives from the Greek oinos = "wine", for a plant with a wine smell, and the ancient Greek name for some thorny plant. 1 And crocata ; Latin epithet meaning "saffron yellow". Oenanthe crocata was described by Linnaeus and published in Sp Pl.. 1: 254. 1753. This plant has a peculiar effect that if you die consuming it, the toxins of the plant attack the nervous system causing you to die with a smile on the face. It is distinguished by the lobes of the basal leaves that are ovate or rounded, with blunt teeth, and primary radii and peduncles of the umbels that do not swell in fruit. Perennial , robust and beautiful up to 1.5 m. White flowers, in terminal umbels of 10-40 primary radii; bracts and bracteoles small. Cylindrical fruit of up to 6 mm, half length styles . It blooms at the end of spring and in summer. It contains a neurotoxin called enantotoxin . Western Europe and Mediterranean region . It inhabits acequias, banks of springs and rivers.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Apiales
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Family: Apiaceae
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Genus: Oenanthe
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