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blackfoot daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 627, February 600, March 903, April 2,175, May 853, June 397, July 346, August 357, September 424, October 486, November 588, December 570.
United States11,438
Texas9,927
New Mexico1,796
Arizona1,757
Oklahoma762
Colorado458
Kansas112
Mexico40
Chihuahua26
Nevada22

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
GenusMelampodium

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