Daphne gnidium, the flax-leaved daphne, is a poisonous evergreen shrub from the northern and western Mediterranean region, with narrow, dense dark-green foliage and white fragrant flowers.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Daphnetoxin and mezerein in bark and berries Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Daphne gnidioides — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Daphne
- Species
- Daphne gnidium
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