Phacelia cicutaria, with the common names caterpillar phacelia or caterpillar scorpionweed, is an annual species of Phacelia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Caterpillar scorpionweed 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
- Phacelia platyloba
- Phacelia vallis-mortae
- Phacelia floribunda
- Phacelia hubbyi
- Phacelia cryptantha
- Phacelia distans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Phacelia
- Species
- Phacelia cicutaria
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