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Gregg's tube tongue

Justicia pilosella

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 339, February 324, March 432, April 1,692, May 608, June 469, July 231, August 193, September 312, October 274, November 318, December 309.
Texas6,185
United States3,865
Mexico230
Nuevo Leon161
New Mexico16
Tamaulipas15
Coahuila de Zaragoza13
San Luis Potosi12
Puebla9
Guanajuato5

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyAcanthus Family · Acanthaceae
GenusJusticia

Sources

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Practise Gregg's tube tongue with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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