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Type
Flowering plants
Trees
Color
Brown
Green
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
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Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Asterales
Boraginales
Dipsacales
Gentianales
Lamiales
Malpighiales
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Family
Apocynaceae
Asteraceae
Boraginaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Hydrangeaceae
Onagraceae
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Genus
Anaphalis
Antirrhinum
Asclepias
Bouteloua
Chamaenerion
Cirsium
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Size
Around 100cm
Around 150cm
Around 15cm
Around 200cm
Around 30cm
Around 50cm
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Distribution
Africa
Central America
Central and Eastern Europe
Eurasia
North America
South America
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Location
Brazil
Canada
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Zoo
Leaves
alternate
Aristate
Ciliate
coarse
Entire
glossy
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Flowers
Brown
capitulum
Catkin
corymb
Cup-shaped
fragrant
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Fruit
Achene
capsule
drupe
green
Pink
pods
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Trivia
Attractive to butterflies
Colorful bracts often mistaken as petals
Edible plant
Invasive species in Australia
Medicinal plant
Toxic plant
Seeds
achene
black
brown
capsule
white
winged
Life Cycle
Annual
Perennial

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  • American licorice
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  • Basket willow
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  • Canadian goldenrod
    Photo of a Canadian goldenrod
  • Cattail
    Photo of a Cattail
  • Cockscomb
    Photo of a Cockscomb
  • Culver's root
    Photo of a Culver's root
  • Curry bush
    Photo of a Curry bush
  • Early goldenrod
    Photo of a Early goldenrod
  • Fireweed
    Photo of a Fireweed
  • Gooseneck loosestrife
    Photo of a Gooseneck loosestrife
  • Heliotrope
    Photo of a Heliotrope
  • Joe Pye weed
    Photo of a Joe Pye weed
  • Leiberg's panic grass
    Photo of a Leiberg's panic grass
  • Little bluestem
    Photo of a Little bluestem
  • Meadow Blazing Star
    Photo of a Meadow Blazing Star
  • Mexican petunia
    Photo of a Mexican petunia
  • Morea iris
    Photo of a Morea iris
  • Mountain-ash
    Photo of a Mountain-ash
  • Oleander
    Photo of a Oleander
  • Orange lily
    Photo of a Orange lily
  • Pearly everlasting
    Photo of a Pearly everlasting
  • Poinsettia
    Photo of a Poinsettia
  • Queen Victoria's dendrobium
    Photo of a Queen Victoria's dendrobium
  • Shrubby cinquefoil
    Photo of a Shrubby cinquefoil
  • Sideoats grama
    Photo of a Sideoats grama
  • Snapdragon
    Photo of a Snapdragon
  • St. Paul's wort
    Photo of a St. Paul's wort
  • Star of persia
    Photo of a Star of persia
  • Stiff goldenrod
    Photo of a Stiff goldenrod
  • Swamp milkweed
    Photo of a Swamp milkweed
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