I'm trying to identify this mystery plant-- it's poisonous and that's all I know. Help!!

[ailsagirl]

I live in Northern California, if that's any help.

Also, this plant has little pink flowers (normally)

[brush]

1. How do you know it's poisonous and not it's name?

[ailsagirl]

14. Good question!

When I realized it was taking over my garden, I decided to get rid of it-- sans gloves. 😞 So before long I had itchy, weeping lesions on my hands and between my fingers.
😟

[dobleremolque]

2. Google Lens identifies it as

Geranium Robertarium. More information at the link.....

https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/herb-robert

[ailsagirl]

15. Now that I think about it...

I did come across that while trying to track down the culprit, but I crossed it off my list of possibilities because it said it wasn't toxic to humans. Maybe I'm one of the exceptions.

[IbogaProject]

3. Geranium can be slightly poisonous to pets

https://identify.plantnet.org/ says most likely a Geranium, I just downloaded your pic and uploaded it to their site. Go from there. Good luck and update us.

Their top result is Geranium purpureum Vill. with the Robert one #2.

[hlthe2b]

4. Geranium purpureum Vill. Little Robin (per the very useful website: worldfloraidentify.

Not considered toxic
https://identify.plantnet.org/k-world-flora/identify#collapse-results
https://bs.plantnet.org/v1/image/o/50a57caadbd76f96a5e921bdb6515990ed3d616d

[marble falls]

5. It looks like Chinese parsely or Cilantro to me.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Don't smoke it, dude

That there’s the wobbly weed

[sl8]

6. Geranium purpureum (little robin)?

Geranium purpureum (little robin)



See https://www.cal-ipc.org/plants/profile/geranium-purpureum-profile/

Seems to be invasive in central CA & Bay Area.

As another poster mentioned, it also looks like Robert's geranium (herb Robert), to which this is related.

[gab13by13]

8. Herb robert

Also known as Robert geranium, Crow's foot, Squinter-pip, Fox geranium, Death come quickly, Johnny Wren, Kiss-me-quick, Knife and fork, Little bachelor's buttons, Little Red Robin, Redshanks, St. Robert's herb, Stinking Robert, Stink Bob, Stork's bill.

considered a weed by gardeners

Non-toxic to humans or pets.

[dcmfox]

9. If it has little pink flowers

I think this is the same shit I would get in my lawn, very hard to kill, and it spreads like wildfire, my house was in Idaho

[gab13by13]

10. My map shows it in

Washington, Oregon, Montana, but not in Idaho but it's right next door so I suppose it could spread to Idaho.

[ailsagirl]

16. Well, I'm in California

Maybe it has widened its territory 🤷

[montanacowboy]

11. I have them in my yard

they are ok

[Akakoji]

12. Don't eat it yet!

Hold on

[Martin68]

13. Looks like a wild geranium to me.