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
HMS Laburnum (1915) Rock, causing "Mantola"s crew to abandon ship. "U-81" remained in the vicinity until chased away by "Laburnum" when she arrived on the scene hours later. "Laburnum" rescued 176 survivors of "Mantola"s passengers and crew (seven crewmen had been killed by a capsizing lifeboat) but attempts to talk the steamer in tow failed, and "Mantola" sank on 9 February. On 17 February 1917, the Q-ship was torpedoed by the German submarine , but after a "panic party" faked abandoning ship, "U-83" surfaced near "Farnborough" and was sunk by shellfire from the Q-ship. "Farnborough" herself was badly damaged by the torpedo, and