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Cockscomb Oreocarya

Oreocarya glomerata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Wyoming.January 4, February 4, March 7, April 14, May 44, June 121, July 30, August 23, September 17, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States1,130
Canada304
Wyoming296
Alberta271
Nebraska117
Oregon115
North Dakota107
Idaho106
South Dakota90
Saskatchewan64

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusPerennial Cryptanthas · Oreocarya

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