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Common Billy buttons

Craspedia variabilis

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 Australia.January 8, February 1, March 5, April 6, May 4, June 3, July 15, August 122, September 535, October 426, November 121, December 33.
Australia1,279
Victoria626
South Australia331
Western Australia194
New South Wales71
Australian Capital Territory56
United States1
Kansas1
Queensland1

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
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuswoollyheads · Craspedia

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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