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Lavender

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Anyone help ID this please
« on: February 03, 2011, 22:17:38 »
Someone has asked me what the plant with the this leaves is.  I think it might be agapanthus, but not sure.  Friend reckons her child may have eaten a bit of leaf and is a bit poorly.

« Last Edit: February 03, 2011, 22:20:46 by Lavender »
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Re: Anyone help ID this please
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2011, 22:33:18 »
you might need to put up a better pic.
if kid is v poorly - take a bit of plant to A&E with them

Lavender

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Re: Anyone help ID this please
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2011, 22:35:56 »
Thanks for that.  Yes the pic is pretty poor, but she posted it on facebook and I copied it from there.  Just heard the leaves are sharp and hard if that helps.  I don't think the kid is really ill, and I suspect the plant has nothing to do with it, but I did say I'd try.  Thanks again.
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Re: Anyone help ID this please
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2011, 23:05:12 »
ATM agapanthus are not "hard" and never sharp...  :-\

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Re: Anyone help ID this please
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2011, 20:36:03 »
It looks to me like a Puya, which I believe is a bromeliad, I can't find any reference to its being poisonous, and if this is the plant then I don't think a child would eat much - it's very prickly....

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Re: Anyone help ID this please
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2011, 21:31:37 »
Looks to me like a Sisyrinchium. Not sure if poisonous or not. If in doubt ALWAYS take child to A&E either with the plant label or a plant leaf.
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