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Horsetail Milkweed (Asclepias subverticillata) Erect-stemmed plant
growing to 5’. Flowers are greenish-white, giving rise to pods 1-3” in May to September. Seed have tufts of long silky hairs. Toxic agent is suspected to be the resinoid galitoxin. Poisons sheep, cattle, horses, chickens and turkeys.
Desert Baileya (Baileya multiradiata)
Annual or weak perennial herb of the sunflower family. Flowers are yellow, with showy heads on long stalks arising from a leafy base. Spring through late fall. The toxic agent is an unknown water-soluble compound. Sheep, goats and rabbits have been poisoned.