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Winterfat

Krascheninnikovia lanata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 213, February 184, March 192, April 238, May 231, June 170, July 145, August 148, September 188, October 192, November 247, December 190.
United States8,841
California2,338
Alberta1,356
New Mexico1,351
Colorado1,280
Nevada1,019
Canada882
Utah626
Texas523
Arizona456

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
FamilyAmaranth family · Amaranthaceae
GenusWinterfats · Krascheninnikovia

Sources

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Practise Winterfat 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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