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western stoneseed

Lithospermum ruderale

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 233, February 217, March 336, April 394, May 1,848, June 677, July 421, August 375, September 330, October 261, November 210, December 213.
United States6,630
Canada5,940
British Columbia4,112
Alberta1,819
Washington1,257
Idaho897
Oregon849
Utah474
Wyoming430
Alaska377

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

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
Genusstoneseeds, puccoons, and gromwells · Lithospermum

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