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Alexanders

Smyrnium olusatrum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,069, February 789, March 1,237, April 1,946, May 2,805, June 3,059, July 3,273, August 2,815, September 2,067, October 1,543, November 843, December 659.
United States22,113
Alaska22,104
United Kingdom4,494
England3,990
France1,020
Portugal849
Spain705
Italy591
Wales418
LISBOA366

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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
Ordercarrots, ivies, and allies · Apiales
Familycarrot family · Apiaceae
GenusAlexanders · Smyrnium

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