Wilsonia backhousei is a species of plant native to Australia. It is found in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. The genus was named after English botanist John Wilson by Scottish Robert Brown, and the species was named after English nurseryman and botanical collector James Backhouse by British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Narrow leaf wilsonia 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
- Solanales
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Wilsonia
- Species
- Wilsonia backhousei
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