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spreading yellow false foxglove

Aureolaria patula

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 Tennessee.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 3, May 4, June 2, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States41
Tennessee24
Alabama6
Georgia4
North Carolina4
Kentucky3

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
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genusyellow false foxgloves · Aureolaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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