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yellowhead

Trichoptilium incisum

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 141, February 245, March 390, April 196, May 153, June 112, July 96, August 98, September 124, October 127, November 163, December 126.
United States1,862
California1,545
Arizona270
Mexico92
Baja California65
Nevada47
Baja California Sur20
Sonora7

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
  • 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
GenusTrichoptilium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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