Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Torrey's Cryptantha 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
- Cryptantha ambigua
- Cryptantha affinis
- Cryptantha juniperensis
- Cryptantha acrimuricata
- Cryptantha ganderi
- Cryptantha gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cryptantha
- Species
- Cryptantha torreyana
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