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Spiny Chloracantha

Chloracantha spinosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 58, February 55, March 63, April 119, May 73, June 35, July 32, August 33, September 39, October 64, November 54, December 52.
United States1,286
Texas654
Mexico348
California309
Arizona203
Chihuahua151
Sinaloa81
New Mexico74
Durango37
Baja California21

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial 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
Genusspiny Chloracanthas · Chloracantha

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