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Woolly Burdock
Woolly Burdock
Arctium tomentosum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Biennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

The woolly burdock is a tall biennial plant found in fields and roadsides. Its seed heads are covered in hooked bristles that latch onto passing animal fur.

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
Arctium
Species
Arctium tomentosum