A BOY playing football with his pals was horrifically burnt by a 'Putin' plant in the park. Jenson Price was left with agonising blisters when he brushed past giant hogweed , a plant native to Russia. 7 Jenson Price was playing footy with his pals when he brushed past a giant hogweed 7 The plant left him horrifically burnt and with agonising blisters The weed, often dubbed "Britain's most dangerous plant", has toxic sap which burns skin and can cause temporary blindness .
The nine-year-old has come into contact with the plant while running to fetch the football during the kickabout with his friends in Ryhope Park, Sunderland. Mum-of-three Nadia Price said when her son first saw the marks on his body, they "looked like cat scratches". Within hours, they flared into "very painful blisters" - prompting a swift trip to the doctors.
Docs confirmed the scars were from giant hogweed plants, officially known as Heracleum mantegazzianum. It is native to the Caucasus mountains in southwest Russia and Georgia, and has sharply serrated leaves and splotchy stems. I didn't know anything about it before, but the thought of anyone falling in it is scary Nadia Price Jenson's mum Nadia, 37, said her son is now on a combination of antibiotics, antihistamines and steroids and has been off school because he is struggling to walk.
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