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Field Bastard-toadflax
Thesium ramosum
28 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
flaxleafThesium linophyllon
Thesium procumbens
Thesium dollineri
- Thesium maritimum
horseweedErigeron canadensis
Bastard-toadflaxThesium humifusum
Alpine Bastard-toadflaxThesium alpinum
Thesium ebracteatum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Russia | 637 |
|---|---|
| United States | 523 |
| Alaska | 511 |
| Ukraine | 327 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 150 |
| Canada | 113 |
| Voronezh Oblast | 92 |
| Samara Oblast | 78 |
| Alberta | 72 |
| Austria | 66 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | sandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies · Santalales |
| Family | sandalwood family · Santalaceae |
| Genus | Rootthugs · Thesium |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
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 Field Bastard-toadflax with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.