Ophrys atlantica is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to southern Spain and northwest Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). It was first described by Giles Munby in 1899. It has been treated as a subspecies of Ophrys fusca.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic Ophrys 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
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ophrys
- Species
- Ophrys atlantica
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