Tag: cardiac glycosides

  • Oleander

    The PlantNerium oleander — commonly known as oleander or sometimes just nerium — is a flowering shrub that’s widely used in landscaping. It belongs to a family of plants called Apocynaceae, or “dog bane,” which should tell you all you need to know: Anything with “bane” in the name is likely to be poisonous. What…

  • Digitalis

    The PlantDigitalis is a genus of 20 flowering plants including the best known, Digitalis purpurea. The name “digitalis” is from the Latin word for “finger” because the tube-like flowers are sort of fingerlike (if you squint a lot or if you have really fat fingers). They’re sometimes called witch’s gloves, dead man’s bells or foxgloves…