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Tweedy's Gilia

Gilia tweedyi

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 Wyoming.January 1, February 1, March 2, April 4, May 9, June 9, July 8, August 6, September 4, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States131
Wyoming47
Idaho23
Oregon14
Utah13
Nevada10
Colorado6

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

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyphlox family · Polemoniaceae
GenusGilias · Gilia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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