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Habitat: |
thickets, valleys, waste ground |
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Plant Height: |
weak stems anywhere from 10-100 cm long; scrambling |
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Flower Color: |
white |
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Flower: |
perfect; 4-lobed; 1-3 in cluster; +/- 3 mm wide; stamens 4; ovary has 2 carpels each with a single ovule |
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Inflorescence: |
1-5 (typically 2-5) flowers on peduncles borne in leaf axils |
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Fruit: |
dry, covered with hooked bristles |
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Leaves: |
whorled (mostly in 8s); long; slender and serrate |
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Bloom Time: |
May-July |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
note recurved prickles on stems and leaves, common name comes from fact that bristles cause plant to cleave to clothes or fur of animals; also call Goosegrass because geese are known to eat plant
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