Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Rounded, smooth, hairless bud galls on Pseudotsuga menziesii. The galls have no needles on them, and as they age, flare outwards significantly into the shape of a flower. The galls are thin-walled. Observed in California in November.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value p-menziesii-swollen-bud-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: