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University of California Safe and Poisonous Garden Plants https://ucanr.edu/sites/poisonous_safe_plants/
California Poison Control System https://calpoison.org/topics/plant
Biology, Ecology, and Management of Blueweed, Montana State University Extension, November 18, 2019. http://msuextension.org/publications/AgandNaturalResources/EB0195.pdf