Puya ferruginea is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to Bolivia and Ecuador.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Puya ferruginea 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
- Puya cochabambensis
- Deuterocohnia meziana
- Deuterocohnia longipetala
- Puya aequatorialis
- Puya coerulea
- Puya spathacea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Puya
- Species
- Puya ferruginea
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