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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Begonias, Gourds, and Allies
  6. Gourd Family
  7. Sicyoeae
  8. Balsam Apple

genus

Balsam Apple

Brandegea

Traits
Includes
1 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Desert Starvine native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native balsam apple All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Desert Starvine Brandegea bigelovii caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 25

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