You may recall that in June I wrote about plant toxicity because of how I was scrolling through Google news, and came across an item about a four-year-old girl who had brushed against giant hogweed and developed huge blisters on her hand. Not only that but there are long term effects from exposure.
Well, Tamara and I spent a few days in Hove and Brighton last week.
And what should I see while walking up one of the streets, but a giant hogweed. Given that it is years since I saw a giant hogweed, what a thing to see.
(photo taken with iPhone 8).
First thing was to get a bit closer to see whether there were any purple patches on the stem. And as you can see – there are.
Photograph Works 
This is on our state list of noxious weeds and people are encouraged to report their location when seen. Someone should report that, or carefully remove it!
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Thanks Joan, after we got back home I looked up whether the plant that has to be reported, and it doesn’t. I thought about telling the people there but didn’t do it. I felt bad, and earlier this evening I wrote a letter to the ‘occupiers’ telling them about the danger.
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