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Peruvian tobacco

Nicotiana glutinosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dbussi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 Peru.January 0, February 11, March 6, April 18, May 8, June 2, July 4, August 7, September 9, October 7, November 6, December 3.
Peru81
Lima34
Cajamarca18
Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima13
Ecuador4
Lambayeque3
La Libertad3
Ancash2
Ica2
Huancavelica2

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familynightshade family · Solanaceae
Genustobaccos · Nicotiana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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