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Thapsia
Also called Deadly Carrots
Thapsia is a small genus of poisonous herbaceous perennials in the carrot family, native to the western Mediterranean, Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. They grow 50 to 200 cm tall with large umbels and four-winged seeds, and are grown mainly as botanical interest rather than as garden ornamentals.
Thapsia, commonly known as the deadly carrots, is a small genus of poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. Their center of diversity is around the western Mediterranean, extending into the Atlantic coasts of Portugal and Morocco. Some species are used in traditional medicine.
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