Patagonia Wildflowers
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horse nettle
Loasa insons
Loasa insons
horse nettle Blazing-star Family
Loasa insons Loasaceae
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English common name
  •horse nettle
Spanish common name
  •ortiga caballuna
accepted scientific name
  •Loasa insons Poepp.
rules for finding collection records
  Loasa insons (40)
  Loasa intricata (1)
family name
  • Loasaceae

Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is 0.9 to 1.2 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed beginning of November thru end of February

How Likely at this Location (12%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (63%)
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Fundación R.A. Philippi
Chloris chilensis (2)
base map where plant found
mag select

Rocky
Disturbed
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Riparian
Meadow
Grassland
Forest
Native Plant Status
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native Not Present