Dracophyllum acerosum is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand's South Island. In the heath family Ericaceae. It inhabits mountain slopes, ridge lines and hillsides. A 2023 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as "Not Threatened", giving it an estimated population of more than 100,000.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dracophyllum acerosum 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
- Dracophyllum filifolium
- Dracophyllum longifolium
- Dracophyllum lessonianum
- Dracophyllum subulatum
- Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium
- Dracophyllum arboreum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Dracophyllum
- Species
- Dracophyllum acerosum
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