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hairy gayfeather
Liatris hirsuta
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
scaly blazing starLiatris squarrosa
cylindrical blazing starLiatris cylindracea
Ouachita blazing starLiatris compacta
dotted gayfeatherLiatris punctata
prairie blazing starLiatris pycnostachya
Appalachian blazing starLiatris squarrulosa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 831 |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 503 |
| Texas | 186 |
| Missouri | 162 |
| Kansas | 24 |
| Louisiana | 20 |
| Mississippi | 18 |
| Oklahoma | 16 |
| Illinois | 11 |
| Tennessee | 6 |
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
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | blazing-stars · Liatris |
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 hairy gayfeather with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.