Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Epilobium porphyrium 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
- Epilobium glabellum
- Epilobium rubromarginatum
- Epilobium tasmanicum
- Epilobium hectorii
- Epilobium pycnostachyum
- Epilobium melanocaulon
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Epilobium
- Species
- Epilobium porphyrium
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