Stats

Lifespan

Annual or Biennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Coastal dunes

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This yellow-flowered plant grows in sandy soils across North America and Mexico. Its leaves are covered in sticky hairs that trap and kill small insects on contact.

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

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Heterotheca

Species

Heterotheca subaxillaris