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Colorado Paperflower

Psilostrophe bakeri

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 Colorado.January 8, February 6, March 8, April 16, May 24, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 8, November 7, December 6.
United States137
Colorado134
Utah2
New Mexico1

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
GenusPaperflowers · Psilostrophe

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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