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Bedding Dahlia

Dahlia merckii

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 Mexico.January 2, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 1, June 10, July 32, August 38, September 34, October 28, November 3, December 0.
Mexico149
Mexico26
Hidalgo19
Puebla13
Guanajuato12
Morelos10
Queretaro de Arteaga7
United States5
Massachusetts5
Tlaxcala3

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusDahlias · Dahlia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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