Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cape Wire Grass 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
- Pentameris eriostoma
- Pentameris macrocalycina
- Stipagrostis zeyheri
- Capeochloa cincta
- Pseudopentameris macrantha
- Aristida junciformis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tenaxia
- Species
- Tenaxia stricta
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