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Tracy's Thistle

Cirsium tracyi

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 17, May 25, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 11, October 8, November 7, December 7.
United States199
Colorado138
Utah45
Arizona7
New Mexico5
Kansas3
Wyoming1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusPlume Thistles · Cirsium

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tracy's Thistle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.