Outta Here Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Looks like it was wild lettuce to me: Latin Name: lactuca sp., lactuca virosa Alternative Name: horse thistle, prickly lettuse, compass plant, wild opium Forms Available: leaves Wild Lettuce - lactuca sp. - wild lettuce is considered a substitute to opium. It acts as a sedative and pain reliever. It is has calming and sedating properties. It has been used to induce sleep, to calm coughs, relieve headaches and other general aches and pains. It is often recommended to calm excitablity in children. The sap of the wild lettuce has been applied to acne and skin rashes. Quote
Amelia Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Leave it to Red to have poppys in the backyard and opium in the front. ROFL Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Neil D Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 As I recall, having crafted the story, Republicans are known for "thinking" outside the 'legal' box....and usually get caught doing so..... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Woody Posted August 25, 2009 Author Posted August 25, 2009 Thanks for correctly identifying my 'opium' Aubrey. I should give you a prize. But now I am terribly embarrassed to have people learn this about me. Look what you've done to my reputation. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
GreatLakesGramma Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Redwood's doesn't look like our prickly lettuce. But ours never gets 11 feet high. Prickly lettuce is edible. I have eaten it. It is very nutritious. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
Woody Posted August 25, 2009 Author Posted August 25, 2009 GLG ... I do believe that an illegal alien brought mine to this area. Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology.
GreatLakesGramma Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 This is what ours looks like: Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
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