Mexican Snowball

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Echeveria elegans

Mexican Snowball, a reference photo
Photo: EriaWei · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Echeveria elegans, the Mexican snow ball, God's Throne, Mexican gem or white Mexican rose is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert habitats in Mexico.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mexican Snowball 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
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Species
Echeveria elegans

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