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Variable-leaf Tick Trefoil

Grona heterophylla

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 1, February 3, March 11, April 29, May 16, June 17, July 24, August 22, September 16, October 30, November 5, December 8.
Taiwan182
China157
Taiwan Province154
Taipei62
New Taipei47
Singapore31
Taoyuan15
Hualien County14
WEST REGION13
Yilan County10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusGrona

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Variable-leaf Tick Trefoil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.