Leucostele chiloensis is a species of cactus native to South America; genus members are known as hedgehog cacti, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Quisco 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
- Trichocereus tacaquirensis
- Trichocereus skottsbergii
- Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri
- Eulychnia acida
- Haageocereus acranthus
- Corryocactus brevistylus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Trichocereus
- Species
- Trichocereus chiloensis
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