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Species with Funny English Common Names

Where do all these species live? Use this field guide to find out.

Slickseed Fuzzybean 1
Strophostyles leiosperma
Shaggy soldier 2
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Liatris scariosa 3
Helianthus angustifolius 4
Red deadnettle 5
Lamium purpureum
Common Toadflax 6
Linaria vulgaris
white baneberry 7
Actaea pachypoda
Valerianella radiata 8
Sleepy Morning 9
Waltheria indica
Yellow Water-lily 10
Nuphar lutea
Luffa acutangula 11

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  • 1. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 2. (c) AnneTanne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 4. (c) dogtooth77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 5. (c) Bastiaan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 6. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 7. (c) Kent McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 10. (c) Bas Kers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 11. (c) Ingrid P. Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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