Conophytum minutum, called the lesser dumpling, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Conophytum, native to the western Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mini Buttons 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
- Conophytum pageae
- Conophytum calculus
- Conophytum truncatum
- Gibbaeum heathii
- Gibbaeum nuciforme
- Conophytum minimum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Conophytum
- Species
- Conophytum minutum
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