Chrysocoma ciliata is a shrub that grows to a height of 60 cm. The plant occurs throughout South Africa with the exception of Limpopo and also in Lesotho, Mozambique, and Namibia. In the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape it occurs along with the fynbos on rocky slopes and rocky plains.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bitterbush 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
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Chrysocoma
- Species
- Chrysocoma ciliata
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