Empodium veratrifolium, commonly known as the West Coast star in English or breëblaar sterretjie and Weskus sterretjie in Afrikaans, is a perennial flowering plant and tuber-forming geophyte belonging to the genus Empodium. The species is endemic to the Western Cape. It has a range of less than 500 km2 and there are fifteen subpopulations; the plant occurs from Lamberts Bay to Saldanha Bay on the Saldanha strandveld. The plant has lost some of its habitat due to coastal development. Invasive plants are also becoming a threat.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Empodium veratrifolium 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
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Empodium
- Species
- Empodium veratrifolium
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