Prairie flameleaf sumac

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Rhus lanceolata

Prairie flameleaf sumac, a reference photo
Photo: Mike Tilley · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Rhus lanceolata, the prairie sumac, is a species of plant native to the south-western United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico), and northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Prairie flameleaf sumac 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
Sapindales
Family
Anacardiaceae
Genus
Rhus
Species
Rhus lanceolata

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