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Rush Skeletonweed

Chondrilla juncea

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 218, February 161, March 252, April 396, May 571, June 623, July 666, August 573, September 421, October 314, November 172, December 134.
United States12,090
Alaska4,500
Oregon1,009
Canada938
Washington909
Russia696
California642
Ukraine513
Idaho491
British Columbia416

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
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial 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
GenusChondrilla

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Practise Rush Skeletonweed 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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