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Miami Mist

Phacelia purshii

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Tennessee.January 43, February 50, March 57, April 371, May 134, June 55, July 46, August 43, September 58, October 49, November 38, December 40.
United States4,855
Tennessee1,157
Kentucky771
Missouri702
Illinois623
Ohio409
Indiana383
West Virginia268
North Carolina235
Virginia205

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusScorpionweeds · Phacelia

Sources

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Practise Miami Mist with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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