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Thurber's beardtongue

Penstemon thurberi

225 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) sganley, 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

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 16, February 14, March 15, April 19, May 19, June 13, July 11, August 11, September 14, October 15, November 19, December 16.
United States404
California177
Arizona98
New Mexico78
Nevada30
Texas19
Mexico3
Chihuahua3
Utah1
Oklahoma1

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyPlantain Family · Plantaginaceae
Genusbeardtongues · Penstemon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Thurber's beardtongue with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.