Cynanchica pyrenaica (syn. Asperula cynanchica), commonly known as squinancywort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to much of southern and central Europe from Spain and Ireland to Russia, where it grows in calcareous and coastal grasslands. Its peculiar common name is an anglicisation of the scientific one.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Squinancywort 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Cynanchica
- Species
- Cynanchica pyrenaica
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