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Pineforest Prairie Clover

Dalea urceolata

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 New Mexico.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 2, September 5, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States26
New Mexico15
Arizona11

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
  • 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
Genusprairie clovers · Dalea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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