Dog's mercury foliage (Mercurialis perennis). This plant is poisonous if eaten fresh, though the dried plant has been used in herbal medicine as a pur

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Dog's mercury foliage (Mercurialis perennis). This plant is poisonous if eaten fresh, though the dried plant has been used in herbal medicine as a purgative. Photographed in Thornton Glen forest in East Lothian, Scotland, in June.

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