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Saturday - August 22, 2015
From: Meridian, ID
Region: Rocky Mountain
Topic: Poisonous Plants, Vines
Title: Is Convolvulus equitans poisonous?
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
Hello, Can you tell me if convolvulus equitans is poisonous? If so, can you tell me how poisonous and which parts are poisonous? I am considering putting this in my backyard but I have a dog and an infant son that could potentially get into it. Thanks, ChristineANSWER:
Checking the following databases, I did not find Convolvulus equitans (Bindweed) or any other species of Convolvulus listed as being poisonous:
North Carolina State University's Poisonous Plants in North Carolina
Cornell University's Plants Poisonous to Livestock
Montana Plant Life's Poisonous Plants
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Penn Veterinary Medicine's Poisonous Plants
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Veterinary Medicine Library
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