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Bedstraws
Bedstraws
Galium
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

Bedstraws are sprawling herbaceous plants found in temperate zones worldwide. Tiny hooked hairs on their stems allow them to latch onto passing animals for 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