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Bukhara Fleeceflower

Fallopia baldschuanica

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 Alaska.January 277, February 204, March 320, April 504, May 726, June 792, July 847, August 729, September 535, October 399, November 218, December 171.
United States5,886
Alaska5,721
United Kingdom661
England607
Germany258
Spain129
France96
Hessen88
Austria86
Italy71

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familyknotweed family · Polygonaceae
GenusFallopias · Fallopia

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Sources

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