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Grassland Vleiweed

Nidorella hottentotica

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 South Africa.January 46, February 33, March 56, April 104, May 57, June 39, July 8, August 12, September 30, October 50, November 49, December 78.
South Africa562
Gauteng435
Free State15
Limpopo7
Mpumalanga7

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusVleiweeds · Nidorella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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