Sisyrinchium platense is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. Native to the Pampas region of South America (Bolivia, Peru, northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Uruguay) they are found growing in fertile and moist soils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sisyrinchium platense 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
- Sisyrinchium chilense
- Sisyrinchium scabrum
- Sisyrinchium demissum
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana
- Sisyrinchium idahoense
- Sisyrinchium micranthum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
- Species
- Sisyrinchium platense
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