Talk:Euphorbia myrsinites

BE CAREFUL WITH THIS PLANT!!! I live in Klamath Fall Oregon. I have Myrtle Spurge all over my yard. when I realized that it was a noxious weed and toxic to boot I decide to hand pull a whole pile of the plants. I used gloves but no long sleeve shirt, not having the shirt was my down fall. I had a severe reaction after cutting some of the plants. I washed my hands and wrists immediately afterwards but then started showing symptoms. My first symptoms were a little reddish points like mosquito bites. Then the next day I had what looked like a poison oak rash with little blister. I have seen reports out of Colorado that actually indicate that school kids have learned that they can get out of school by rubbing some of the plant's milky white latex material on their face! Some have ended up in emergency rooms and/or burn units. Colorado has outlawed growing this *noxious weed.

Sincerely, Jeremiah Atkinson
 * “Noxious weeds” are legally defined by State Law as non-native plants that, once established, are highly destructive, competitive or difficult to control. They have economic and ecological impacts that go beyond agricultural lands. Some are toxic or a public health threat to humans and animals, they also destroy native and beneficial plant communities.


 * Ya, like he said: 6 Kids Severely Blistered By Back Yard Plant. (They tried to _drink_ it?) Shenme (talk) 23:46, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Use Extreme Caution!
I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on the southern end of Vancouver Island and I do flower arrangements, wedding bouquets etc.

I was asked a client to use these plants from her moms garden for her wedding bouquets! I didn't know that there was any danger of using this plant and I am quite familiar with most of the plants native to our area. Even my father who has owned a nursery for 54 years didn't know the serious skin irritation this plant causes! The brides mother delivered a huge bucket full of these plants for me to use for the wedding! The evening that I made these bouquets I was feeling normal at first, until I began stripping the leaves off of the plant...at first I felt like I was feeling a bit sick to my stomach almost like the start of a bad flu? I was stripping the bottom leaves of at first with a knife but then I began stripping them off with just my bare hands to get them cleaned up to use.

The stalks of the plant where the leaves were taken off oozes fast with a milky liquid. When I was finished stripping them I left them soaking in a large pail of water.

I continued working on getting the next part of the flowers ready when I got this strong taste in my mouth like pepper!

I also felt unusually hot in my upper part of my body and I became short of breath as well. I decided it must be stress or something and carried on working.

Not at any point during this time did I suspect the plants could be the cause of these symptoms until later!

By the time I had all six bouquets finished and they were picked up by the mother and father of the bride (the lady who had earlier dropped the plants off at my place...and she looked fine!) I was not only exhausted more than I should have been but I felt as though my heart was racing and my upper body and face was on fire!

I'm not even joking about this! IT WAS BURNING MY HANDS ARMS ABD FACE! My nose was running, my lungs were burning and my eyes were watering so much it was like I had been pepper sprayed!

Turns out that's what did happen! The plant was all over me! I only began to get som relief hours later when I realized what caused this and began to treat it accordingly! GO TO A DOCTOR IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU! It has been known to cause permanent blindness when exposed to the eyes!

I used a orange pumice DEGREASING hand cleaner to get the latex off...REGULAR SOAP AND WATER DOESN'T WORK! THen I found some relief using calamine lotion and benadryl allergy elixir from the drug store.

This happened to me six days ago now and I have still got swelling soreness and scabbing, flaking and peeling skin on my hands arms and face areas!

The pain is intense especially sensitive skin type people like me! PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION! I recommend not going anywhere near these plants of you have allergies or have any skin retains like hives, eczema or psoriasis!

Noxious Weed
In a number of states of the USA, myrtle spurge is categorized as a "noxious weed," i.e. a species known to be harmful and the cultivation of which is prohibited by law. In Colorado, specifically, any landowner with myrtle spurge on his/her land is legally required to eradicate the plant, which can be a difficult feat. Paul (talk) 14:51, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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I went out and took a picture because they are all over, I hope this picture is more representative and higher quality.

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