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Hoary blackfoot

Melampodium cinereum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 51, February 49, March 56, April 106, May 65, June 32, July 28, August 29, September 35, October 37, November 48, December 47.
United States612
Texas584
Mexico107
Nuevo Leon57
Coahuila de Zaragoza33
Tamaulipas17
New Mexico11
Kansas7
Oklahoma5
Colorado4

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
  • 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
GenusMelampodium

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