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Arizona Bluehearts

Buchnera obliqua

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 0, February 1, March 0, April 2, May 0, June 2, July 2, August 10, September 2, October 3, November 5, December 2.
Mexico29
Puebla10
Michoacan de Ocampo6
Durango3
Mexico3
Jalisco2
Oaxaca2
Tlaxcala2
Chihuahua1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genusbluehearts · Buchnera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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