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mullein foxglove

Dasistoma macrophylla

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 Illinois.January 32, February 32, March 41, April 102, May 57, June 24, July 258, August 168, September 62, October 35, November 26, December 19.
Illinois1,372
Missouri571
Ohio181
Kansas172
Tennessee109
Indiana91
Arkansas82
Kentucky59
Oklahoma45
Alabama38

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
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusMullein Foxgloves · Dasistoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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