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Rio Grande Stickpea

Calliandra conferta

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 Texas.January 12, February 11, March 13, April 27, May 15, June 7, July 6, August 7, September 8, October 16, November 11, December 11.
United States137
Texas132
Mexico41
Nuevo Leon26
Tamaulipas8
Coahuila de Zaragoza7
New Mexico2
Georgia1
Arizona1
South Carolina1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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