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snake apple

Ibervillea lindheimeri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 241, February 231, March 262, April 613, May 332, June 626, July 367, August 137, September 163, October 198, November 226, December 219.
Texas4,565
United States2,796
Oklahoma56
Mexico40
San Luis Potosi16
Nuevo Leon13
Queretaro de Arteaga4
Coahuila de Zaragoza3
Tamaulipas3
New Mexico2

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbegonias, gourds, and allies · Cucurbitales
Familygourd family · Cucurbitaceae
GenusIbervillea

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