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mesa tansyaster

Machaeranthera tagetina

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 25, February 23, March 30, April 40, May 36, June 18, July 22, August 36, September 37, October 19, November 21, December 22.
United States310
Arizona301
Mexico13
Sonora10
New Mexico9
Chihuahua3

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
  • 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
GenusMachaeranthera

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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