[deerIRL]

We have this growing wild everywhere in Northern Saskatchewan. I always was terrified I would accidentally touch it and die as a kid up at our cabin.

Thankfully, once you know what to look for, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

[Alex3917]

> Thankfully, once you know what to look for, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Hopefully. There's been a big uptick in interest in elderberry due to coronavirus, so we'll see how good people are at telling the difference in a few months.

[pvaldes]

Totally different plants. One is a woody plant with nicely lemony fragrant flowers and poisonous leaves and stems, the other a weed that smells bad (and has poisonous leaves and stems).

[QuasiGiani]

Terrified?!?

Why? Simply because it'll cause you to "chew your tongue into ribbons" and "muscles start contracting so hard they can dislocate bones"?

Pussy.