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Scots Lovage

Ligusticum scothicum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 20, February 17, March 27, April 64, May 118, June 78, July 65, August 60, September 52, October 44, November 26, December 23.
United States8,805
Canada1,919
Quebec593
Newfoundland and Labrador574
Alaska538
Russia499
Nova Scotia482
Maine257
Kamchatka Krai220
British Columbia203

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

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordercarrots, ivies, and allies · Apiales
Familycarrot family · Apiaceae
GenusLovages · Ligusticum

Sources

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