
Werauhia werckleana is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This bromiliad is native to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Giant densely-flowered werauhia 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
- Vriesea bituminosa
- Werauhia gigantea
- Werauhia sanguinolenta
- Vriesea pleiosticha
- Werauhia gladioliflora
- Vriesea macrostachya
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Werauhia
- Species
- Werauhia werckleana
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