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Sea Dahlia

Leptosyne maritima

3,253 observations in the source records

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

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

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 California.January 125, February 108, March 140, April 150, May 135, June 100, July 85, August 87, September 110, October 113, November 145, December 112.
United States1,372
California1,372
Mexico451
Baja California451

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
GenusLeptosyne

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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