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Skunkweed

Navarretia squarrosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) amoncarter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

United States	2,803
California	2,008
Washington	412
Oregon	358
New Zealand	315
Canada	278
British Columbia	278
Canterbury Region	137
Otago Region	87
Australia	49

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

Traits

Physical

Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Family	phlox family · Polemoniaceae
Genus	Pincushion plants · Navarretia

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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