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Desert Chicory

Rafinesquia neomexicana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 354, February 641, March 1,458, April 555, May 384, June 282, July 242, August 246, September 313, October 319, November 411, December 317.
United States6,721
California5,081
Arizona2,460
Nevada492
New Mexico176
Texas67
Utah50
Mexico16
Baja California13
Sonora2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • 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
GenusPlumeseeds · Rafinesquia

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