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alpine catchfly

Heliosperma pusillum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 2, May 4, June 28, July 115, August 63, September 20, October 7, November 0, December 1.
Italy240
Austria206
Nord-Est181
Tirol92
Germany83
Bayern83
Nord-Ovest46
Slovenia45
Salzburg30
Steiermark30

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familypink family · Caryophyllaceae
GenusHeliosperma

Sources

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Practise alpine catchfly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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