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Blue Bonnet

Hovea linearis

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 Australia.January 0, February 3, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 3, July 107, August 104, September 21, October 4, November 3, December 1.
Australia251
New South Wales245
Queensland5
Other Territories1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusHoveas · Hovea

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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