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clasping coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
27 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
black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
upright prairie coneflowerRatibida columnifera
Texas ConeflowerRudbeckia texana
brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba
great coneflowerRudbeckia maxima
plains coreopsisCoreopsis tinctoria
grey-headed coneflowerRatibida pinnata
Southern SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 6,559 |
|---|---|
| United States | 5,412 |
| Louisiana | 814 |
| Oklahoma | 326 |
| Mississippi | 212 |
| Kansas | 123 |
| Missouri | 122 |
| Arkansas | 94 |
| Canada | 37 |
| Ontario | 37 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | black-eyed Susans and coneflowers · Rudbeckia |
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 clasping coneflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.