Echinodorus berteroi (upright burhead or cellophane sword) is an aquatic plant species in the Alismataceae It is native to the southern and central parts of the United States, as well as Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Erect burhead 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
- Echinodorus cordifolius
- Sagittaria sanfordii
- Echinodorus subalatus
- Echinodorus grandiflorus
- Echinodorus palifolius
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Echinodorus
- Species
- Echinodorus berteroi
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