Callisia ornata (Small) G.C.Tucker is a plant in the Commelinaceae family, order Commelinales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Callisia ornata (Small) G.C.Tucker

Callisia ornata (Small) G.C.Tucker

Callisia ornata is an endemic annual flowering plant of Florida and Georgia, U.S.A. found in Florida scrub.

Family
Genus
Callisia
Order
Commelinales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Callisia ornata (Small) G.C.Tucker

Callisia ornata, commonly called Florida scrub roseling, is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. This species is endemic to Florida and Georgia, U.S.A. It is an annual plant that grows to 50 cm (20 in), and is typically found in the Florida scrub ecoregion.

Photo: (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Commelinales Commelinaceae Callisia

More from Commelinaceae

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

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