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Spanish needle

Palafoxia arida

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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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 439, February 431, March 547, April 490, May 476, June 350, July 300, August 306, September 388, October 396, November 509, December 393.
United States5,841
California4,821
Arizona742
Nevada265
Mexico187
Baja California100
Sonora85
Utah8
New Mexico4
Baja California Sur2

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
  • 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
GenusPalafoxia

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Sources

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Practise Spanish needle 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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