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Cowbane
Oxypolis rigidior
About
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.
- Family
- Apiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Oxypolis rigidior
- Slug
- oxypolis-rigidior
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Oxypolis
- Species
- rigidior
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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