BRITAIN'S "most dangerous plant" which burns skin and can turn you blind is at its scorching peak now, experts have warned. Giant hogweed can cause severe blisters, painful burns and long-lasting scars if touched. 3 Giant Hogweed can reach heights of over 10 feet when fully grown Credit: Getty 3 Giant hogweed can cause terrible burns Credit: Kennedy News 3 It can also cause severe blisters Credit: Burringham & Gunness Community Safety/Facebook The sap of the plant stops our skin protecting itself against the sun, meaning its victims face blisters if exposed to daylight.
And because it causes no immediate pain, those affected may continue to enjoy the good weather, unaware of any problem until the first burns appear. Now, experts have warned that the large and invasive plant has hit its terrifying peak. With the school holidays starting and Brits spending more time outside the risk of injury is surging.
Callum Sinclair, project manager with the Scottish Invasive Species Intiative, said: "We first begin to see seedlings emerging in sort of March-April time. "And they're obviously smaller at that point of the year, so we do most of our control work on them then when they're smaller and less dangerous. "By the time we get to this time of year, they're pretty impressively-big plants and impressively-dangerous plants as well obviously.
"They're probably close to sort of maximum height now and mid-summer, July and August." Most read in Health STREET DRAMA Armed police swarm Scots vi.
