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Sicklepod Holdback

Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa

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 Texas.January 8, February 8, March 9, April 16, May 10, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 7, December 7.
United States278
Texas89
New Mexico81
Arizona81
Colorado20
Oklahoma6
Kansas1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous 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
GenusRushpeas · Hoffmannseggia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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