Oxypolis rigidior: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Oxypolis
- Species
- Oxypolis rigidior
- Scientific Name
- Oxypolis rigidior
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oxypolis rigidior
Oxypolis rigidior, known as cowbane, common water dropwort, stiff cowbane, pig-potato, and Cherokee swamp potato, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family native to eastern North America. It is a perennial wildflower found in wet habitats. Oxypolis rigidior has been reported as being poisonous to some mammals, but it is also considered edible and safe by some authors.
...Oxypolis rigidior in languages:
- English
- Cowbane
- English
- common water-dropwort
- English
- stiff cowbane
- French
- oxypolis rigide
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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