Psilocarphus tenellus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names slender woollyheads and slender woolly marbles. It is native to western North America from far southwestern British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in seasonally wet habitat, such as vernal pools, as well as coastline and disturbed areas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Slender woolly-marbles 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
- Psilocarphus elatior
- Stylocline gnaphalioides
- Psilocarphus brevissimus
- Psilocarphus oregonus
- Actinobole uliginosum
- Psilocarphus chilensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Psilocarphus
- Species
- Psilocarphus tenellus
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