Ruschia leptocalyx is a species of succulent plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, where its natural habitat is in rocky renosterveld vegetation in the southern Cape.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ruschia leptocalyx 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
- Ruschia cymbifolia
- Ruschia neovirens
- Ruschia fourcadei
- Drosanthemum quadratum
- Ruschia orientalis
- Ruschia knysnana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Genus
- Ruschia
- Species
- Ruschia leptocalyx
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