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marigold pincushionplant

Navarretia tagetina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 49, February 43, March 44, April 66, May 165, June 40, July 34, August 34, September 44, October 44, November 57, December 44.
United States613
California541
Oregon48
Washington20
Nevada4

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
GenusPincushion plants · Navarretia

Sources

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