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white tack-stem

Calycoseris wrightii

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) rmcon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 88, February 88, March 226, April 100, May 95, June 70, July 60, August 61, September 78, October 79, November 102, December 79.
United States2,062
California965
Arizona543
Nevada264
New Mexico219
Texas68
Mexico7
Baja California4
Sonora3
Utah2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • 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
GenusCalycoseris

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Sources

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Practise white tack-stem with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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