Epixiphium wislizeni

(Engelm. ex Gray) Munz

Balloonbush, Snapdragon vine

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit, Pods

The fruit or pods are eaten fresh or boiled.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in sand dunes. It grows between 1,300-1,900 m above sea level.

Mexico, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

A vine or scrambling herb. It grows 2 m long. The leaves are almost triangle shaped. The flowers are tube shaped and blue or white.

Also put in the family Scrophulariaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Antirrhinum wislizeniAsarina wislixeniMaurandia wislizeni Engelm. ex A. Gray

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