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Doubleform Snoutbean

Rhynchosia difformis

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 Georgia.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 9, May 7, June 4, July 4, August 3, September 5, October 5, November 4, December 5.
United States278
Georgia63
North Carolina33
Alabama26
South Carolina19
Virginia7
Louisiana7
Arkansas4
Kentucky3
Missouri3

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing 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
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusSnoutbeans · Rhynchosia

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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