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purple false gilia

Allophyllum divaricatum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 53, February 46, March 48, April 59, May 57, June 42, July 36, August 37, September 47, October 48, November 61, December 47.
United States641
California580
Nevada60
Arizona1

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

Classification

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

Sources

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