Achyrocline satureioides, commonly known as macela or marcela, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, from Argentina to Colombia to Guyana. A semi-annual herbaceous plant reaching about a meter tall, it has simple, narrow green leaves with serrated edges. It produces yellow flowers in racemes around Easter.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Achyrocline saturejoides 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
- Pseudognaphalium attenuatum
- Helichrysum chrysargyrum
- Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium
- Helichrysum mundii
- Pseudognaphalium canescens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Achyrocline
- Species
- Achyrocline saturejoides
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