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German Greenweed
Genista germanica
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
Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
Hairy GreenweedGenista pilosa
bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus
Winged BroomGenista sagittalis
Broom-tipChesias rufata
gorse groundlingMirificarma mulinella
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,835 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1,832 |
| Italy | 288 |
| Nord-Ovest | 241 |
| Austria | 191 |
| Czechia | 150 |
| Germany | 112 |
| Steiermark | 108 |
| Slovenia | 54 |
| Jihomoravský kraj | 46 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | Brooms · Genista |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise German Greenweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.