Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth. is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth. (Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth.)
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Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth.

Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth.

Centrostegia thurberi is the only species of the monotypic Polygonaceae genus Centrostegia, a small red native herb of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Family
Genus
Centrostegia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth.

Centrostegia is a monotypic plant genus belonging to the Polygonaceae family. Its only accepted species is Centrostegia thurberi A.Gray ex Benth., which has two common names: Thurber's spineflower and red triangles. This species is a small herb that has noticeably distinct red coloration, and it is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Photo: (c) Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Centrostegia

More from Polygonaceae

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

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