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graythorn

Condaliopsis divaricata

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 Arizona.January 152, February 160, March 274, April 351, May 231, June 81, July 90, August 73, September 106, October 104, November 133, December 125.
Arizona2,377
California133
Mexico126
Baja California Sur56
Baja California52
Sonora16
Nevada8
Sinaloa2

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderRoses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales
Familybuckthorn family · Rhamnaceae
GenusCondaliopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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