People have been known to mistake daffodil bulbs for onions but the flowers can cause symptoms including vomiting and diarrhoea if eaten.
Marks and Spencer's has apologised after a food display placing daffodils and spring onions next to each other sparked concerns that customers could mistakenly eat the poisonous flowers.
Botanist and food presenter James Wong tweeted a picture appearing to show bunches of the toxic flower next to spring onions in a seasonal produce display titled"eat well".Mr Wong wrote that daffodils can cause"plant-based poisoning" if the bulb is confused with members of the onion family, adding that staff needed better training.He wrote:"Daffodils are the single most common cause of plant-based poisoning as people mistake their bulbs for crops in the onion family.
If eaten, daffodils can cause vomiting and diarrhoea and irritation to the mouth and throat, according to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre, which said symptoms can last anywhere from four to 24 hours.
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