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Stems are erect, hollow, and support erect branches [69,89]. Degree of branching may relate to soil fertility. On \"poor\", rocky soils, branching may be limited [46]. Teasel plants typically flower after 2 or more years of growth and die after flowering. The only Fuller's teasel plants to flower in their first year of growth were sown very early in the spring and grew in \"well manured soil\" (De Vries 1899 as cited in [49]). Plants grow as a rosette before bolting and flowering. Basal leaves generally die by the middle of the flowering season [18,31,32]. 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