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Alpine Butterbur

Petasites paradoxus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Austria.January 0, February 3, March 26, April 69, May 149, June 166, July 79, August 50, September 28, October 6, November 2, December 2.
Austria580
Italy288
Tirol227
Nord-Est217
Germany187
Bayern187
Steiermark113
Slovenia101
Zahodna Slovenija100
Switzerland94

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusButterburs · Petasites

Sources

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