Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate mountains

Range

Southern Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Runners

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

This succulent clusters in tight rosettes on rocky mountain slopes. The central mother plant produces tiny offsets that crawl outward on short stems.

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

Saxifragales

Family

Crassulaceae

Genus

Sempervivum

Species

Sempervivum tectorum