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perennial wooly bean

Strophostyles umbellata

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 Virginia.January 35, February 38, March 41, April 67, May 87, June 43, July 41, August 145, September 41, October 38, November 31, December 32.
United States4,464
Virginia523
Maryland441
Texas381
Georgia365
North Carolina345
Alabama290
Louisiana265
Arkansas221
South Carolina204

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusfuzzybeans · Strophostyles

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise perennial wooly bean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.