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Annual Bristleweed

Xanthisma gracile

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 43, February 39, March 52, April 68, May 63, June 31, July 38, August 51, September 34, October 32, November 33, December 37.
United States986
Arizona520
New Mexico176
Texas108
California60
Nevada60
Utah32
Colorado27
Idaho2
Oklahoma1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusXanthisma

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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