Tillandsia baileyi, commonly known as the reflexed airplant or Bailey's ball moss, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is found along the Gulf of Mexico from Kingsville, Texas to Tampico, Tamaulipas. Preferred host plants for this epiphyte include southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bailey's ballmoss 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
- Tillandsia schiedeana
- Tillandsia streptocarpa
- Tillandsia exserta
- Tillandsia lepidosepala
- Tillandsia lorentziana
- Tillandsia butzii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
- Species
- Tillandsia baileyi
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