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Mexican Winged Crown-Beard

Verbesina microptera

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 62, February 60, March 68, April 128, May 79, June 38, July 34, August 35, September 42, October 159, November 111, December 91.
United States711
Texas707
Mexico153
Nuevo Leon138
Tamaulipas13
North Carolina3
South Carolina1
San Luis Potosi1
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave1

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
  • 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
Genuscrownbeards · Verbesina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mexican Winged Crown-Beard with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.