
Conophytum bilobum is a plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to southern South Africa. It blooms in autumn. It is scentless and grows to a height of 7 cm (2.8 in). The specific epithet bilobum comes from the two-lobed bodies these plants possess.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Conophytum bilobum 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
- Ihlenfeldtia excavata
- Cheiridopsis namaquensis
- Cerochlamys pachyphylla
- Cheiridopsis robusta
- Gibbaeum petrense
- Glottiphyllum suave
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Conophytum
- Species
- Conophytum bilobum
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