By Katie Waldeck

It’s amazing what strange, scary & weird plants Mother Nature has under her belt. Click through for six of the most interesting examples!

 

 

 

 

 

1. Doll’s Eye

This plant, native to Eastern North America, gets its name from its unusual berries; in the summer, the white berries with small black dots in the middle look unnervingly like doll’s eyes. Foragers beware, though, these plants are highly poisonous!

 

 

2. Bleeding Tooth Fungus

This fungus, found all across the world, actually “bleeds” bright red juices when it’s young. The Bleeding Tooth Fungus’ creepiness may be relative, though, because it’s also described as a “danish pastry with strawberry jam.”

 

 

 

3. Voodoo Lily

A native of the Balkans, the Voodoo Lily gives off a smell that is most akin to a carcass to attract flies. Yes, that’s right, the Voodoo Lily smells like rotting flesh. Ew!

 

4. Chinese Fleeceflower

OK, from the looks of this, it doesn’t looks so weird, strange or scary. What is really weird about it, though, is what Chinese herbalists claims its roots naturally look like. Just read the story and look at the photos at the end of this

article to find out (I promise it’s worth it!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Corpse Flower

Another plant that smells like rotting flesh — this one, though, can grow up to 10 feet tall!

 

 

 

6. Devil’s Claw

The seed pod of the devil’s claw, native to Arizona,  looks suspiciously like a spooky spider. Its spider-esque appearance is actually the way the Devil’s Claw spreads its speeds — it hooks onto the feet of animals, they crush it, and voila — more strange Devil’s Claws populating the desert!

For more on this story go to: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/6-strange-scary-plants-slideshow.html#ixzz2AoNIswkH

Chinese Fleeceflower Root Taking Human Form

Stunned farmer Zheng Dexun dug up a crop of fleeceflower, or Chinese knotweed, and found one shaped like a person, in Langzhong, China. The eerie-looking plant, measuring 62 centimetres tall, has clearly defined arms, legs, and head. Zheng said: “I don’t know whether it is good or bad to dig out a Chinese knotweed that looks like a human. I’d better put it back in the earth!”

But in case you think this is a one-off event and just a freak coincidence, think again; more pictures are included here of other instances of fleeceflower roots taking on human form. What’s going on? If you have any information regarding this, please let us know!

For more on this story go to:

http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011/01/chinese-fleeceflower-root-taking-human.html