What is the Gopher plant?
The term gopher plant was given by several species of the family euphorbia , all of which are poisonous to humans and most livestock animals. Handling the gopher plant can also irritate the skin of the allergic to the latex, the liquid they produce. These slow -growing plants are a species of Spurge, a common name for the genus of plants used as cleansing. Blue-green stems of GoPher plants usually grow up to 5 feet (1.5 m) and have short, slender leaves of the same color. These species of two -year -olds, occasionally annual plants are grown by flowers with short or no petals.
most often euphorbia rigida, euphorbia biglandlulosa and euphorbia atyris call GoPher's plants. The type of rigida has rounded clusters of flowers with petals that bloom yellow, but eventually turn or green. biglandulosa flowers yellow to pink flowers, while lathyris flowers have no petals. Gopher's plant usually blooms onAt the end of winter early spring. They are naturalized in the easternmost and western regions of the United States. In some jurisdictions, Gopher plants are considered invasive weeds. In other regions, the plants were evaluated as a potential weed, but eventually remained uncoated.
Gopher has a number of uses for many people. In folk medicine, Gopher plants are used as a cleansing where the genus has received a common name. It is also used as an antiseptic and a cure for serious illness such as cancer. The more common use of the gopher plant is to keep the moths outside the garden and for this reason is sometimes called the Mole plant. Whether or not these remedies are work is a discussed question.
The sap of any gopher plant is poisonous and has no stray people or animals, with goats exception. For those who have an allergies to latex, it is likely that the plant sap is irritating to pokožku in the same way latex gloves or clothing. This is because the milky white substance commonly called SAP is actually a natural latex. These plants should be kept out of reach of young children and pets due to health risks. There is no immediate remedy for mild to severe rashes caused by latex Gopher plants that may take weeks. Symptoms can only be treated by doctors.