Puya clava-herculis is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to Ecuador. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Chupalla or Cardón.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Puya clava-herculis 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
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Puya
- Species
- Puya clava-herculis
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