Edmondia sesamoides is a shrub that grows only 30 cm tall. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape where it is found in fynbos on sandstone slopes. The plant flowers from August to December.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common Scaly Sewejaartjie 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
- Edmondia
- Species
- Edmondia sesamoides
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