7 Dangerous Plants You Should Never Touch

Plants don’t enjoy losing their leaves to herbivores and have evolved a number of ingenious strategies to deter leaf predators. Unfortunately for humans, several of these chemical defenses can cause painful skin reactions. Read on to discover some plants that could burn, blister, or otherwise irritate you!

1. Manchineel.

Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella) is an evergreen tree native to Florida, the Caribbean, and parts of Central and South America.
2. Poison Ivy.


If you live in eastern North America, you likely know to watch out for poison ivy’s infamous “leaves of three.”

3. Stinging nettle.

often called common nettle or stinging nettle.
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is found throughout Eurasia,

4. Hogweed.


The two species of hogweed, the giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) and the common hogweed (H. sphondylium), are native to Europe and have naturalized in parts of the U.S.

5. Tread-softly.

Tread-softly, also known as noseburn or finger-rot (Cnidoscolus stimulosus), is an attractive little herb native to the southeastern United States. .

6. Gympie gympie.

The nettle family is full of stinging plants, but none is quite as aggressive as the gympie gympie (Dendrocnide moroides).
7. Pain bush.

Also known as African poison ivy, the pain bush (Smodingium argutum) is native to southern Africa and lives up to its name.

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