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Miner's Candle
Oreocarya virgata
27 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
Limestone Cat's-EyeOreocarya thyrsiflora
Cockscomb OreocaryaOreocarya glomerata
monument plantFrasera speciosa
Silky CryptanthaOreocarya sericea
Bownut CryptanthaOreocarya suffruticosa
Baker's CryptanthaOreocarya bakeri
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Colorado | 1,896 |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,390 |
| Wyoming | 181 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | borages · Boraginales |
| Family | borage family · Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Perennial Cryptanthas · Oreocarya |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Miner's Candle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.