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Tillandsia variabilis, the leatherleaf airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatán, Puebla), Venezuela, Colombia, the West Indies and southern Florida.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Leatherleaf 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 brachycaulos
- Tillandsia polystachia
- Tillandsia utriculata
- Tillandsia dasyliriifolia
- Tillandsia elongata
- Tillandsia balbisiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
- Species
- Tillandsia variabilis
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