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trailing indigo bush
Dalea greggii
24 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.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
cenizoLeucophyllum frutescens
Silver Prairie CloverDalea bicolor
feather daleaDalea formosa
bearded prairie cloverDalea pogonathera
black prairie cloverDalea frutescens
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 136 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 104 |
| Mexico | 67 |
| Nuevo Leon | 37 |
| Arizona | 26 |
| Oaxaca | 9 |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 8 |
| San Luis Potosi | 7 |
| New Mexico | 3 |
| Guanajuato | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- 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
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | prairie clovers · Dalea |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise trailing indigo bush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.