Andrachne phyllanthoides
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Andrachne phyllanthoides (syn. Leptopus phyllanthoides), Buckbrush or Maidenbush, is a plant
of the genus
Andrachne
, native to the south-central United States
. Maidenbush is often found along the sides of old roads or along fence rows. It has small red berries that are slightly poisonous. The berries are only about the size of a BB shot. The bush will grow to about three or four feet tall.
Plants are either male or female.http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/texas/files/g3taxaabstracts720044.pdf
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Andrachne
Andrachne
Andrachne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. Andrachne comprises 22 species. They are monoecious herbs or subshrubs, native to semideserts and desert margins of the Americas, southern Europe, North Africa, and South...
, native to the south-central United States
United States
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. Maidenbush is often found along the sides of old roads or along fence rows. It has small red berries that are slightly poisonous. The berries are only about the size of a BB shot. The bush will grow to about three or four feet tall.
Plants are either male or female.http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/texas/files/g3taxaabstracts720044.pdf