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slickseed fuzzybean

Strophostyles leiosperma

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 47, February 45, March 51, April 97, May 60, June 29, July 26, August 45, September 43, October 34, November 44, December 43.
United States2,149
Texas536
Missouri259
Kansas250
Oklahoma185
Illinois140
Canada116
Ontario107
Minnesota97
Nebraska97

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
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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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Practise slickseed fuzzybean with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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