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pur­ple sal­si­fy

Scorzonera purpurea

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25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Alaska.January 108, February 80, March 125, April 197, May 284, June 309, July 331, August 285, September 209, October 156, November 85, December 67.
United States2,236
Alaska2,236
Russia881
Austria179
Niederösterreich141
Kursk Oblast113
Tula Oblast108
Ukraine104
Penza Oblast94
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast78

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusViper's-grasses · Scorzonera

Sources

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Practise pur­ple sal­si­fy with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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