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alpine forget-me-not

Eritrichium aretioides

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26 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.

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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 Alaska.January 21, February 16, March 25, April 39, May 56, June 61, July 66, August 56, September 41, October 31, November 17, December 13.
United States493
Alaska443
Canada79
Colorado44
Yukon41
Northwest Territories3
New Brunswick2
Russia2
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug2
New Mexico1

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusEritrichium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise alpine forget-me-not with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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