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alkali heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 935, February 809, March 842, April 1,045, May 1,235, June 1,128, July 1,108, August 995, September 982, October 844, November 1,085, December 837.
United States16,081
California12,452
Mexico2,004
Texas1,636
Arizona825
Nevada778
Hawaii707
Baja California590
Argentina473
Baja California Sur468

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

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusHeliotropes · Heliotropium

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