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Texas palafox

Palafoxia texana

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 Texas.January 53, February 51, March 58, April 109, May 67, June 33, July 29, August 30, September 36, October 38, November 50, December 48.
United States608
Texas602
Mexico72
Tamaulipas27
Nuevo Leon22
Coahuila de Zaragoza16
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave7
Oklahoma4
Louisiana2

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
GenusPalafoxia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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