Giant airplant

Tillandsia utriculata, commonly known as the spreading airplant, the giant airplant, or wild pine is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida and Georgia in the United States, the Caribbean, southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, and Venezuela.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Giant airplant 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

• Tillandsia variabilis
• Tillandsia elongata
• Tillandsia dasyliriifolia
• Tillandsia huamelulaensis
• Tillandsia brachycaulos
• Tillandsia fasciculata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Tillandsia

Species

Tillandsia utriculata

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