Dutchmans-breeches look like a pair of starched white pants hung out to dry. They are poisonous and for this reason they should not be found where children may pick one and place it in their mouths. They contain isoquinoline alkaloids such as aporphine and protopine that is found in opium poppies.
Farmers do not like these growing where their cattle can get to them for eating them can cause cattle to suffer convulsions, and possibly death if too many leaves are eaten. Under the influence of Dutchmans-breeches a cow may even attempt the bovine stunt of jumping over the moon.
The bloom does not have a long life for when trees overhead produce their spring leaves This prevents the sun from shining on the breeches and they fade away.
Farmers do not like these growing where their cattle can get to them for eating them can cause cattle to suffer convulsions, and possibly death if too many leaves are eaten. Under the influence of Dutchmans-breeches a cow may even attempt the bovine stunt of jumping over the moon.
The bloom does not have a long life for when trees overhead produce their spring leaves This prevents the sun from shining on the breeches and they fade away.
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