Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Europe and Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This herbaceous plant grows in dense, tangled clusters along grassy roadsides. Its tiny hooked hairs allow it to cling to passing fur or fabric for seed dispersal.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Rubiaceae

Genus

Galium

Species

Galium mollugo