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moth combseed

Pectocarya setosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 131, February 113, March 118, April 146, May 142, June 105, July 90, August 91, September 116, October 118, November 152, December 117.
United States2,386
California1,440
Nevada713
Arizona111
Oregon44
Utah41
Idaho26
Washington10
Mexico4
Baja California4

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
Genuscombseeds · Pectocarya

Sources

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