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Youth-on-Age
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Youth-on-Age

Tolmiea menziesii

The plant Tolmiea menziesii (/tɒlˈmiːə mɛnˈziːzi.aɪ/) is a member of the genus Tolmiea. It is known by the common names youth on age, pick-a-back-plant, piggyback plant, and thousand mothers. It is a perennial plant native to the West Coast of North America and occurs from California north through British Columbia to Alaska. It occurs as a naturalised plant or garden escape in Scotland, parts of Wales, Northern Ireland and northern and western parts of England.

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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 128848.