http://sitkanature.org/1000species/species-53-ghosts-ears/ Documenting Species of the Sitka Area Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 http://sitkanature.org/1000species/species-53-ghosts-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:22:50 +0000 http://sitkanature.org/1000species/?p=192#comment-19 Thanks for the comment. In this case, the plant is not a true azalea, though the appearance is quite similar. I’ve never actually heard of anyone eating False Azalea, and the deer don’t seem to eat much of it either, but neither have I heard about it being poisonous. That said, I’m not all that interested in eating the galls. I just thought it was interesting that apparently some people did.

]]> http://sitkanature.org/1000species/species-53-ghosts-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:13:12 +0000 http://sitkanature.org/1000species/?p=192#comment-17 They certainly look like azalea leaves. It also looks like leaf gall, the result of a fungus. I would not eat the galls. All parts of azaleas and rhododendrons are toxic.

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