Whether you’re hiking, gardening or just enjoying the outdoors, dangerous plants — such as giant hogweed and wild parsnip, among others — can be found in many different parts of the U.S. Here’s what ...

ANNANDALE, Minn. (WCCO)-- We have all heard the warnings to stay away from poison ivy, and we know the dangers if we do not. But there is a lesser-known plant in Minnesota that is potentially more ...

A Vermont woman wound up with severe blisters after coming into contact with a wild parsnip plant. Charlotte Murphy posted about her experience on Facebook, saying the blisters showed up about a week ...

You know enough to sidestep a melted Popsicle on the sidewalk. Your devotion to sunscreen borders on religious: Yes, you reapply. Dehydration? You fight it with an always-full water bottle. You’ve ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(KTHV) -- A poisonous plant you may not recognize can cause a painful reaction if you come into contact with it. Wild parsnip is growing in parts of the state right now and it's ...

MANKATO — It looks like a pretty yellow version of Queen Anne’s lace, but wild parsnip has a toxic sap that when on the skin reacts to sunlight and can produce some horrendous burns and blisters. The ...

A Vermont woman who received the equivalent of second-degree chemical burns to her legs after falling into a wild parsnip plant is warning others about the dangers of the seemingly harmless herbage.

When the rash a young woman had on her leg after falling into a parsnip plant transformed into a viscous burn emphasized by a yellow puss-filled blister the size of a tennis ball, she knew something ...

Charlotte Murphy, of Essex, Vermont,posted on Facebook about her experience coming into contact with a poisonous wild parsnip plant. In the series of photos, Charlotte shows her leg with enormous ...