Finger rot:
Back at Mark's car, we took a fun ferry ride across the Cape Fear River. Mark then
led me on a tour of sites near
the town of Boiling Spring Lakes.
Along the way we found this most excellent plant, which I had seen on many previous trips but had
never found time to photograph. It is called Cnidoscolus urens, and is covered with hollow spines
that are connected to venom glands on the leaf surface. Brush the plant, and it pumps toxin right into your flesh!
Common names for the plant include finger rot, tread-softly, and devil nettle!
