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Woolly paperflower

Psilostrophe villosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) aspidoscelis, no rights reserved (CC0)

22 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 Texas.January 23, February 22, March 25, April 48, May 29, June 14, July 13, August 13, September 16, October 17, November 22, December 21.
United States539
Texas263
Oklahoma148
Kansas76
New Mexico52

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusPaperflowers · Psilostrophe

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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