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flaxleaf

Thesium linophyllon

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 21, February 16, March 25, April 39, May 56, June 61, July 66, August 57, September 42, October 31, November 17, December 13.
United States446
Alaska444
Austria235
Niederösterreich182
Czechia94
Germany76
Poland68
Jihomoravský kraj61
Hungary52
Ukraine47

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
  • 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
Ordersandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies · Santalales
Familysandalwood family · Santalaceae
GenusRootthugs · Thesium

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