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Blennosperma

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Blennosperma

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Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed."

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toCalifornia, Chile Central
Observations recorded3,053

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
67
With media
42
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
GH, ILLS, BRY, CHRB, TAES, COLO
Recorded in
United States, Kenya

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Blennosperma is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are known commonly as stickyseeds; the name Blennosperma is Greek for "slimy seed." Species Blennosperma bakeri - Baker's stickyseed - California Blennosperma chilense - Chilean stickyseed - Chile (Provinces of Maule, O'Higgins, Valparaíso) Blennosperma cretacea - southern Venezuela, northwestern Brazil Blennosperma nanum - glueseed - California

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blennosperma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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