Pencil cactus?

Tyanna

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I can't seem to find anything on these. Edible or..?
 

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Do you have a picture? Many plants go buy pencil cactus some are toxic some are good.
 

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Seeing you are in Wisconsin you probably have a Euphorbia which is toxic.
 

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That is a Euphorbia, it is not eddible, it is toxic.
 

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Euphorbia tirucalli is toxic, as are most euphorbias.
 
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Not botanically true cacti, the euphorbs are frequently incorrectly referred to in common parlance as cacti.
 
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