Cereus hexagonus or lady of the night cactus is a species of columnar cactus found in northern South America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lady-of-the-night cactus 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
- Cereus lepidotus
- Cereus bicolor
- Cereus hildmannianus
- Cereus stenogonus
- Cereus jamacaru
- Pilosocereus arrabidae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cereus
- Species
- Cereus hexagonus
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