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American Bluehearts

Buchnera americana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 21, February 24, March 29, April 53, May 68, June 53, July 47, August 24, September 26, October 24, November 20, December 20.
United States2,157
Missouri359
Texas184
Kansas151
Virginia137
Kentucky128
Arkansas120
Illinois116
Oklahoma87
Canada85

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
  • Biennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a biennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genusbluehearts · Buchnera

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