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crane-fly orchid

Tipularia discolor

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 North Carolina.January 575, February 798, March 1,240, April 847, May 850, June 512, July 423, August 914, September 502, October 548, November 931, December 551.
United States35,171
North Carolina9,194
Virginia5,847
Maryland5,228
Georgia2,687
Tennessee2,500
Kentucky1,575
Alabama1,170
South Carolina1,102
Ohio1,076

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

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAgaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
FamilyOrchids · Orchidaceae
Genuscrane-fly orchids · Tipularia

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise crane-fly orchid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.