Bessera elegans Schult.f. is a plant in the Asparagaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Bessera elegans Schult.f.

Bessera elegans Schult.f.

Bessera elegans is an ornamental herb native to central and southern Mexico, with scarlet-and-white umbel flowers and erect attenuated leaves.

Family
Genus
Bessera
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Bessera elegans Schult.f.

Bessera elegans Schult.f. reaches up to 70 centimeters in height. It produces umbels of pendulous, showy flowers that are scarlet and white in color. Its leaves are attenuated and grow in an erect posture. This species is native to central and southern Mexico, and it is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asparagaceae Bessera

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

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