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Yellow Buttons

Chrysocephalum apiculatum

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 282, February 189, March 154, April 266, May 188, June 130, July 98, August 102, September 396, October 842, November 705, December 470.
Australia3,822
Victoria1,620
Queensland893
South Australia614
New South Wales375
Australian Capital Territory195
Tasmania84
Northern Territory39
Western Australia2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.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
GenusChrysocephalum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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