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flor de San Jose

Senna atomaria

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 Mexico.January 34, February 33, March 64, April 263, May 135, June 38, July 21, August 31, September 31, October 34, November 46, December 26.
Mexico756
Sinaloa248
Baja California Sur154
Sonora88
Oaxaca48
Guanajuato46
Chiapas37
Yucatan34
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave23
Tamaulipas18

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • 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
Genussennas · Senna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise flor de San Jose with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.