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dune sunflower

Helianthus deserticola

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 Nevada.January 9, February 8, March 10, April 15, May 21, June 17, July 13, August 11, September 11, October 10, November 8, December 8.
United States359
Nevada141
California135
Arizona54
Utah29

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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
Genussunflowers · Helianthus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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