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Winged Pigweed
Dysphania atriplicifolia
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Prickly Russian ThistleSalsola tragus
Tall TumblemustardSisymbrium altissimum
Carolina Sea LavenderLimonium carolinianum
summer-cypressBassia scoparia
False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
creeping thistleCirsium arvense
CheesebushAmbrosia salsola
hairy white oldfield asterSymphyotrichum pilosum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,391 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 522 |
| Ontario | 512 |
| Michigan | 258 |
| New York | 167 |
| Illinois | 142 |
| Wisconsin | 139 |
| Minnesota | 112 |
| Texas | 78 |
| New Jersey | 75 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | Amaranth family · Amaranthaceae |
| Genus | Dysphania |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Winged Pigweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.