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smotherweeds
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smotherweeds

Bassia

Bassia is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. They are distributed in the western Mediterranean to eastern Asia. Some occur outside their native ranges as introduced species.

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16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

summer-cypress

speciesBassia scoparia

Forage Kochia

speciesBassia prostrata

Fivehorn smotherweed

speciesBassia hyssopifolia

Woolly Smotherweed

speciesBassia laniflora

Bassia tomentosa

speciesBassia tomentosa

Bassia eriophora

speciesBassia eriophora

Bassia muricata

speciesBassia muricata

Bassia indica

speciesBassia indica

Bassia tianschanica

speciesBassia tianschanica

Bassia lasiantha

speciesBassia lasiantha

Bassia salsoloides

speciesBassia salsoloides

Bassia odontoptera

speciesBassia odontoptera

Bassia crassifolia

speciesBassia crassifolia

Bassia dinteri

speciesBassia dinteri

Bassia trichophylla

speciesBassia trichophylla

Bassia stellaris

speciesBassia stellaris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58126.