Southern needleleaf airplant (Tillandsia setacea)

Southern needleleaf airplant, a reference photo — Photo: Trish Hartmann from Tampa, Florida, USA · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Tillandsia setacea, the southern needleleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It has a scattered, disjunct distribution in the southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia), northwestern and southern Mexico (Jalisco, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche), Guatemala, the West Indies (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico) and the State of Pará in northeastern Brazil.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Southern needleleaf airplant 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 bartramii
Tillandsia simulata
Tillandsia juncea

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Species: Tillandsia setacea

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