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Prairie False Oat

Sphenopholis interrupta

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 12, February 11, March 13, April 52, May 22, June 7, July 7, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 11, December 11.
United States209
Texas136
California51
New Mexico16
Arizona3
Louisiana2
Oklahoma1

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusSphenopholis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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