
The African sheepbush (Afrikaans: goeiekaroo, "good karoo", Pentzia incana) is a plant native to South Africa and Namibia. It ranges throughout the Succulent Karoo, Nama Karoo, renosterveld, and fynbos, and it is listed under the SANBI Red List as "safe" (LC).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Good Karoo 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
- Pulicaria undulata
- Santolina chamaecyparissus
- Chrysocoma ciliata
- Leiocarpa panaetioides
- Santolina impressa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pentzia
- Species
- Pentzia incana
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