意外なことに、スイセンはヒガンバナ科の植物です。ヒガンバナと同様にアルカロイドという毒を含んでいます。花が咲く前に、葉をニラと間違えて食べる人が、毎年いると聞きます。
I feel that spring has come at last when I see the narcissus.
A narcissus is a plant belongs to amaryllis family unexpectedly. A narcissus includes the poison called alkaloids same as a cluster amaryllis. I have heard that there is the person who eats the leaves of a narcissus as a Chinese chive every year.
ニホンスイセン narcissus tazetta |
ラッパスイセン trumpet narcissus |