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Linear-lobed Owl's-clover

Castilleja lineariloba

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 California.January 35, February 30, March 31, April 93, May 90, June 28, July 24, August 24, September 31, October 31, November 40, December 31.
United States571
California382
Nevada186
New Mexico1
Colorado1
Utah1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusPaintbrushes · Castilleja

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Linear-lobed Owl's-clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.