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Prickleaf Gilia

Giliastrum acerosum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 34, February 32, March 51, April 85, May 43, June 21, July 19, August 19, September 23, October 24, November 32, December 31.
United States791
Texas384
New Mexico280
Arizona75
Kansas57
Colorado41
Oklahoma37
Mexico28
Coahuila de Zaragoza10
San Luis Potosi10

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Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyphlox family · Polemoniaceae
GenusGiliastrum

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