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bluebead lily

Clintonia borealis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 494, February 507, March 802, April 1,570, May 3,017, June 1,683, July 1,250, August 1,091, September 1,012, October 829, November 518, December 462.
United States23,276
Canada18,158
Ontario8,322
New Hampshire4,204
Quebec3,537
Vermont3,257
Nova Scotia3,236
Maine2,895
Minnesota2,612
Michigan2,566

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Orderlilies, supplejacks, and allies · Liliales
Familylily family · Liliaceae
GenusBead Lilies · Clintonia

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