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Bethlehem-sage

Pulmonaria saccharata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) hallsh1950, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	811
Alaska	551
New York	127
Canada	83
Ontario	61
Vermont	43
Germany	35
Czechia	24
France	21
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	21

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

Traits

Group and habits

Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	borages · Boraginales
Family	borage family · Boraginaceae
Genus	lungworts · Pulmonaria

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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