Re: scotch broom question

**R* M* M* <r*@comcast.net>**

Toxic, like lupines, high in alkaloids, animals don't browse them so they can really take over. Right now every roadway in Western Oregon has their bright yellow blooms. When the seeds ripen you can hear the little projectile seeds popping away. 

Rose Marie Nichols McGee
On Jun 5, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Tom wrote:

> I might add that a great many legume species are highly poisonous.
> 
> Tom Ogren
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>> Nope, highly poisonous.
>> http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Cytissc.htm  Call your
>> local poison control when in doubt.
>> Wisteria is another poisonous legume.
>> Best, Geri
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Larry Maxcy 
>> <larrymaxcy@earthlink.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Are the seed pods of Scotch broom edible? It IS a legume, and they look 
>>> as
>>> if they should be edible.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Larry
>>> 
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