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Great Plains Ragwort

Packera tampicana

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 Texas.January 142, February 136, March 432, April 892, May 179, June 87, July 78, August 81, September 96, October 102, November 133, December 129.
Texas3,872
United States1,658
Oklahoma36
Mexico12
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave6
Kansas4
San Luis Potosi4
Missouri3
Louisiana2
New Mexico1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusAmerican groundsels and ragworts · Packera

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Sources

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