California caltrop

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Kallstroemia californica

California caltrop, a reference photo
Photo: Wendy McCrady https://www.inaturalist.org/people/wendybirdsbyrv · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Kallstroemia californica is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family known by the common name California caltrop. It is native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States, California, and northern Mexico.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of California caltrop 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
Magnoliopsida
Order
Zygophyllales
Family
Zygophyllaceae
Species
Kallstroemia californica

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