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Yaupon Blacksenna

Seymeria cassioides

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 Alabama.January 21, February 22, March 23, April 41, May 29, June 19, July 16, August 15, September 39, October 21, November 17, December 17.
United States1,125
Alabama260
North Carolina137
South Carolina99
Georgia96
Mississippi83
Louisiana70
Arkansas32
Virginia7

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
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusBlacksennas · Seymeria

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