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Caribbean purple everlasting

Gamochaeta antillana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) angelicagarzon0521, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 5, February 5, March 6, April 11, May 7, June 3, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 5, December 5.
United States367
Texas59
Georgia54
Alabama35
Mississippi22
South Carolina20
Louisiana12
Arkansas11
New Zealand11
France10

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusEverlastings and Cudweeds · Gamochaeta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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