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Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma auritum
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.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
distant phaceliaPhacelia distans
white fiesta flowerPholistoma membranaceum
Menzies' baby blue eyesNemophila menziesii
Racemed FiestaflowerPholistoma racemosum
Purple Chinese HousesCollinsia heterophylla
common eucryptaEucrypta chrysanthemifolia
wild canterbury bellsPhacelia minor
purple nightshadeSolanum xanti
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| California | 8,166 |
|---|---|
| United States | 7,026 |
| Nevada | 585 |
| Arizona | 512 |
| Mexico | 53 |
| Baja California | 53 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | borages · Boraginales |
| Family | borage family · Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Pholistoma |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Fiesta Flower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.