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Blue Curls

Phacelia congesta

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 394, February 377, March 765, April 3,030, May 915, June 242, July 217, August 224, September 266, October 284, November 370, December 358.
Texas7,855
United States4,513
New Mexico33
Mexico32
Nuevo Leon24
Oklahoma6
Coahuila de Zaragoza5
Arizona2
Tamaulipas2
Czechia2

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

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

Sources

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