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Re: scotch broom question

In doing extensive research for my book, Edible Flowers from, Garden to Palate, I came to the conclusion that you can't make any assumptions on edibility based on family, genus, or species.....and especially not common names. Recently I've been horrified to see in a number of articles and a couple of catalogs  garden peas called "sweet peas", which are highly toxic.  While  I'll happily munch sage blooms and leaves (Salvia officinalis), most other sages, I wouldn't touch. Salvia elegans being the delicious exception!

Cheers,
Cathy

Cathy Wilkinson Barash
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rose Marie McGee [r*@comcast.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:32 PM
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: Re: [GWL] scotch broom question

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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geri Laufer" <gerilaufer@gmail.com>
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 1:03 PM
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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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