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Lazy Daisy

Aphanostephus ramosissimus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) michaelwest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 140, February 134, March 152, April 718, May 177, June 86, July 77, August 80, September 95, October 101, November 131, December 127.
Texas4,986
United States1,907
Mexico470
New Mexico228
Nuevo Leon114
Oklahoma87
Chihuahua78
Jalisco46
Guanajuato35
Durango29

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • 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
GenusLazydaisies · Aphanostephus

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