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Scarlet Toothcup

Ammannia coccinea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 91, February 87, March 99, April 187, May 115, June 56, July 59, August 84, September 150, October 200, November 85, December 83.
United States3,745
Texas1,030
California371
Missouri356
Kansas294
Arkansas202
Oklahoma184
Illinois158
Mississippi147
Louisiana104

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordermyrtles, evening primroses, and allies · Myrtales
Familylythrum family · Lythraceae
Genusredstems · Ammannia

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