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Dwarf Everlasting

Helichrysum arenarium

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 Alaska.January 1,371, February 1,013, March 1,587, April 2,496, May 3,599, June 3,925, July 4,200, August 3,612, September 2,652, October 1,979, November 1,082, December 845.
United States28,359
Alaska28,359
Russia3,241
Ukraine1,555
Poland1,079
Germany909
Bryansk Oblast414
Voronezh Oblast398
Penza Oblast349
Volgograd Oblast305

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
GenusEverlasting-flowers · Helichrysum

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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