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Mexican Snailseed
Nephroia diversifolia
25 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
Carolina snailseedNephroia carolina
queen coralbeadNephroia orbiculata
saw greenbrierSmilax bona-nox
Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
Bearded Swallow-wortMetastelma barbigerum
Potato-smellPhyllanthus reticulatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 485 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 450 |
| Mexico | 213 |
| Nuevo Leon | 96 |
| Sinaloa | 83 |
| Arizona | 45 |
| Sonora | 22 |
| Tamaulipas | 6 |
| Durango | 2 |
| Colima | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies · Ranunculales |
| Family | moonseed family · Menispermaceae |
| Genus | Nephroia |
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 Mexican Snailseed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.