Empodisma gracillimum is a species of sedge-like plant endemic to coastal areas of Southwest Australia. Described within an Australian and New Zealand genus of the rush- or bamboo-like Restionaceae family, it is the only species of Empodisma to be found in Western Australia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Empodisma gracillimum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Empodisma minus
- Lepyrodia flexuosa
- Caustis pentandra
- Netrostylis capillaris
- Sporadanthus interruptus
- Caustis flexuosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Restionaceae
- Genus
- Empodisma
- Species
- Empodisma gracillimum
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