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Chikku Chikku

Hypochaeris sessiliflora

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 Ecuador.January 106, February 121, March 80, April 106, May 162, June 114, July 139, August 80, September 106, October 107, November 112, December 73.
Ecuador1,306
Pichincha689
Napo238
Colombia196
Cotopaxi142
Cundinamarca90
Azuay72
Imbabura61
Boyacá60
Chimborazo30

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusCat's-Ears · Hypochaeris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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