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Acanthus mollis (bear's breech)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, bearsfoot or oyster plant, is a herbaceous perennial plant with an underground rhizome in the genus Acanthus. It is regarded as an invasive species in some jurisdictions.
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Invasive Species

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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [3]  The sub-species A. mollis latifolia makes a good ground cover plant; Relatively slow to cover the ground at first but it can eventually become invasive;
Height [3]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [3]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Protected Areas

Emblem of

Greece

Predators

Phenacoccus madeirensis (Mexican mealybug)[4]
Rastrococcus invadens (Mango mealybug)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces orontii[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0