Seringia exastia, also known as fringed fire-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to northern Western Australia. It is an erect, compact shrub with hairy young branches, narrowly egg-shaped, elliptic or oblong leaves and purple flowers arranged in groups of 7 to 9.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fringed Fire-Bush 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
- Seringia velutina
- Seringia nephrosperma
- Solanum coactiliferum
- Solanum jucundum
- Solanum centrale
- Solanum sturtianum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Seringia
- Species
- Seringia exastia
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