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Bearded Swallow-wort
Metastelma barbigerum
25 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
Maccart's Swallow-WortMetastelma palmeri
Pringle's Swallow-wortMetastelma pringlei
Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonica
Mexican SnailseedNephroia diversifolia
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 1,292 |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,265 |
| Mexico | 60 |
| Coahuila de Zaragoza | 20 |
| Nuevo Leon | 20 |
| Tamaulipas | 13 |
| San Luis Potosi | 6 |
| Zacatecas | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies · Gentianales |
| Family | Dogbane Family · Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Metastelma |
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 Bearded Swallow-wort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.