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Awnless Bushsunflower

Simsia calva

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 120, February 115, March 131, April 320, May 168, June 126, July 66, August 68, September 128, October 105, November 113, December 109.
United States1,380
Texas1,364
Mexico104
Nuevo Leon82
Coahuila de Zaragoza17
Oklahoma14
Tamaulipas5
New Mexico1
Kansas1

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
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.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
GenusSimsia

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