Laburnum in "L. anagyroides" and long in "L. alpinum". They have yellow pea-flowers in pendulous leafless racemes long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees. In "L. anagyroides", the racemes are long, with densely packed flowers; in "L. alpinum" the racemes are long, but with the flowers sparsely along the raceme. The fruit develops as a pod and is extremely poisonous. The yellow flowers are responsible for the old poetic name 'golden chain tree' (also spelled golden chaintree or goldenchain tree). All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare. Symptoms of laburnum poisoning may include
Sudan golden sparrow Sudan golden sparrow The Sudan golden sparrow ("Passer luteus") is a small bird in the sparrow family found in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a popular cage bird, and in aviculture it is known as the golden song sparrow. The Arabian golden sparrow and this species are sometimes considered one species, as the "golden sparrow". This species was first described by Martin Lichtenstein in 1823, as "Fringilla lutea", from a specimen collected at Dongola, Sudan. Since then it has generally been placed in the genus "Passer". The species name "luteus" means saffron yellow in Latin. The two golden sparrows are very