This list is not all-inclusive.
Your nose will also help you identify it: Lily of the valley has a characteristic sweet scent.
Wisteria (Wisteria spp.)
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This vigorously climbing perennial vine has large showy clusters of fragrant blue or purple flowers in the spring.
After blooming, wisteria produces large seedpods with a velvety capsule.
After drying, they pop with a startlingly loud noise.
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Lily (Lilium spp.)
It has small dense flower clusters in white, yellow, orange, red, and purple.
Sometimes different colors are mixed in the same cluster.
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The leaves give off a citrus fragrance aromatic when crushed.
Hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.)
Rhododendron and Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
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The leaves are dark green, hairless, and leathery and turn purplish in the winter.
The inside of each flower has symmetrical with dark rose- or maroon-colored dots and streaks.
The flower color ranges from lavender to lilac purple.
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Convallaria majalis.NC State Extension.
Virginia Creeper and Wisteria Toxicity.National Capital Poison Center.
Lovely Lilies and Curious Cats: A Dangerous Combination.U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration, 2021.
Daylily ‘Stella d’Oro’,Denton County Master Gardener Association
Lantana camara.NC State Extension.
Digitalis purpurea.NC State Extension.
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Nerium oleander.NC State Extension.
Kalmia latifolia.NC State Extension.
Guide to Poisonous Plants.Colorado State University.
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Gardening with Pets.University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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