Pterolepis glomerata, the false meadowbeauty, is a plant species in the family Melastomataceae. The plant grows in humid grasslands and in gardens. Its distribution is neotropical.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of False meadowbeauty 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Pterolepis
- Species
- Pterolepis glomerata
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