Hechtia texensis, commonly known as Texas false agave, is a species of bromeliad that is native to the Trans-Pecos of Texas in the United States and northeastern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Texas False Agave 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
- Hechtia podantha
- Hechtia mapimiana
- Deuterocohnia longipetala
- Hechtia montana
- Agave schottii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Hechtia
- Species
- Hechtia texensis
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