Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Plants › Orthotrichaceae

Frizzled Pincushion

Plenogemma phyllantha

Learn Frizzled Pincushion freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) simonele, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 746, February 551, March 863, April 1,358, May 1,958, June 2,135, July 2,285, August 1,965, September 1,443, October 1,077, November 588, December 460.
United States15,478
Alaska15,430
Canada351
British Columbia323
United Kingdom229
England173
Scotland42
Washington36
Ireland18
Germany10

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderOrthotrichales
FamilyOrthotrichaceae
GenusPlenogemma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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

Create a free accountHow it works