• Plant: Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
  • Uploaded by chelle
  • Info: Stamens, filaments and pistils / 2012-03-29 / Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: Female
Photo of Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) uploaded by chelle

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Location: Miami County, Indiana
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Date: Sep 26, 2011 12:03 PM
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Location: St Louis - MoBOT
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Date: c. 1865
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Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to

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