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Cherry Skullcap

Scutellaria suffrutescens

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) aztekium, 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 Mexico.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 9, May 3, June 6, July 2, August 1, September 8, October 4, November 1, December 0.
Mexico34
United States20
Nuevo Leon20
Coahuila de Zaragoza10
Texas7
North Carolina4
Tamaulipas4
Georgia3
Colorado3
South Carolina3

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
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
Genusskullcaps · Scutellaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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