Phyteuma sieberi, the horned rampion, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is native to the South-eastern Alps, where it grows on limestone slopes. It was named after Franz Sieber, a 19th-century Bohemian botanist.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Horned rampion 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
- Phyteuma confusum
- Phyteuma hemisphaericum
- Phyteuma globulariifolium
- Phyteuma orbiculare
- Phyteuma charmelii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Phyteuma
- Species
- Phyteuma sieberi
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