Stats

Lifespan

Annual or Biennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

This fuzzy herb grows in sunny fields and along sandy coastal dunes. Its leaves are coated in dense white hairs that trap moisture to survive intense heat.

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

Gamochaeta