Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Encholirium spectabile 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
- Hechtia glomerata
- Deuterocohnia longipetala
- Deuterocohnia meziana
- Hechtia montana
- Puya meziana
- Puya aequatorialis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Encholirium
- Species
- Encholirium spectabile
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