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Cooley's Bundleflower

Desmanthus cooleyi

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 Arizona.January 24, February 22, March 29, April 39, May 36, June 17, July 25, August 43, September 19, October 18, November 19, December 21.
United States882
Arizona297
New Mexico255
Texas233
Oklahoma64
Colorado28
Mexico4
Sonora2
Idaho1
Nebraska1

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
  • 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
  • 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
Genusbundleflowers · Desmanthus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cooley's Bundleflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.