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Woolly Butterbur

Petasites spurius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 291, February 215, March 336, April 529, May 763, June 832, July 890, August 765, September 562, October 419, November 229, December 179.
United States6,009
Alaska6,009
Russia2,389
Chuvashia289
Penza Oblast277
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast202
Lithuania155
Kostroma Oblast149
Moscow Oblast149
Ukraine145

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusButterburs · Petasites

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