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Cornel-leaf Whitetop

Doellingeria infirma

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 Virginia.January 9, February 10, March 11, April 18, May 24, June 12, July 9, August 9, September 11, October 10, November 8, December 9.
United States934
Virginia141
North Carolina111
Pennsylvania102
New York102
Maryland82
West Virginia76
Tennessee68
New Jersey38
Kentucky34

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
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusWhitetops · Doellingeria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Cornel-leaf Whitetop with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.