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Widehead Groundsel

Packera eurycephala

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 24, February 21, March 22, April 27, May 26, June 19, July 16, August 17, September 21, October 22, November 28, December 22.
United States290
California265
Kansas13
Oregon10
New Mexico2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • 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
GenusAmerican groundsels and ragworts · Packera

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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