Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Copiapoa megarhiza 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
- Copiapoa fiedleriana
- Copiapoa atacamensis
- Copiapoa calderana
- Copiapoa coquimbana
- Copiapoa leonensis
- Eriosyce paucicostata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Copiapoa
- Species
- Copiapoa megarhiza
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