Please ID these plants.

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Mephitis

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Picked these up (except Specimen 1) on my way back home.

Specimen 1:

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Close up of Specimen 1:

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Specimen 2:

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Close up of Specimen 2:

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Specimen 3:

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Close up of Specimen 3:

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Also, if any of the above would be edible for an Indian Star.

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Maybe
1-the closest thing I could find was Opuntia engelmannii var. subarmata...although I see little leaves on the new pad like euphorbias get..really curious about that one too...
2-aloe vera,
3-mondo grass.
Just guesses, though.
 

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The first one, I THINK, is Euphorbia lactea crested. Make a little cut and see if it bleeds white, milky sap. If so, its not edible.
 

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1/ A crested Euphorbia (see the leaves) POISON
2/Aloe, but not aloe vera. Probably ok, I don't know if all aloe species are edible.
3/?
 
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