Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small is a plant in the Burmanniaceae family, order Dioscoreales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small

Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small

Apteria aphylla, or nodding-nixie, is a perennial herb with purple or white flowers that blooms from September to November.

Family
Genus
Apteria
Order
Dioscoreales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small

Scientific name: Apteria aphylla (Nutt.) Barnhart ex Small. This species is commonly known as nodding-nixie, a perennial herbaceous flowering plant. It blooms from September to November. Its flowers can be either solid purple, solid white, or white with purple markings. The entire plant reaches a height of about 10 inches, or 250 millimeters. It produces a capsule as its fruit.

Photo: (c) Eric Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Dioscoreales Burmanniaceae Apteria

More from Burmanniaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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