Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This annual herb grows in open fields across the Americas and beyond. Its tiny white flowers produce seeds that cling to passing fur using stiff bristles.

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

Hexasepalum

Species

Hexasepalum teres