Wavy-leafed soap plant

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Chlorogalum pomeridianum

Wavy-leafed soap plant, a reference photo
Photo: tomhilton · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Chlorogalum pomeridianum, the wavy-leafed soap plant, California soaproot, or Amole, is the most common and most widely distributed of the soap plants, soaproots or amoles, which make up the genus Chlorogalum of flowering plants. It is occasionally known as the "wild potato", but given the plant's lack of either resemblance or relationship to the potato, this name is not recommended.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Wavy-leafed soap plant 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Species
Chlorogalum pomeridianum

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