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Common Whitlowgrass

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Common Whitlowgrass is a small, cheerful plant that blooms with pretty yellow flowers in spring. It loves to grow in grassy places and can even pop up in your backyard!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Common Whitlowgrass is a tiny annual plant with a basal rosette of narrow, hairy grey-green leaves. It produces very small, white, four-petaled flowers on leafless stems. These flowers often appear like a dusting of snow on the ground.

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Common Whitlowgrass

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each tiny flower has exactly four petals, perfectly arranged like a miniature white cross!

Its old name, 'whitlowgrass,' comes from a belief it could cure a finger infection!

This plant is one of the very first flowers to pop up, often when it's still cold outside!

You could fit several of its flowers on your pinky fingernail – they are incredibly small!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Speedy Sprouter

Common Whitlowgrass can sprout and flower incredibly fast in early spring, helping it complete its life cycle before larger plants take over.

Fähigkeit

Cold Conqueror

Common Whitlowgrass can tolerate chilly temperatures, which helps it be one of the very first plants to bloom in spring.

Fähigkeit

Seed Spreader

Common Whitlowgrass has tiny, lightweight seeds that are easily carried by wind or water, helping it spread to new places.

Maße und Details

Höhe
2-10 cm
Ausbreitung
5-15 cm
Blütengröße
0.2-0.4 cm
Blütezeit
Early Spring
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Orange-tailed Mining Bee

Andrena haemorrhoa

Visits early spring flowers for nectar.

eats

Grey Field Slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Feeds on its small leaves and shoots.

symbiotic with

European Fire Ant

Myrmica rubra

Carries its seeds to new places to grow.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Common Whitlowgrass?

2-10 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Common Whitlowgrass?

5-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Common Whitlowgrass?

0.2-0.4 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Common Whitlowgrass?

Early Spring

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Common Whitlowgrass?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Common Whitlowgrass?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Common Whitlowgrass?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Common Whitlowgrass?

Insekten

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