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Slender Greenthread

Thelesperma simplicifolium

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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 Texas.January 100, February 95, March 108, April 418, May 207, June 114, July 55, August 57, September 67, October 84, November 93, December 91.
United States1,147
Texas1,130
Mexico21
Coahuila de Zaragoza18
Oklahoma9
New Mexico8
Nuevo Leon3

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
Genusgreenthreads · Thelesperma

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Sources

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Practise Slender Greenthread 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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