Stats

Lifespan

Up to 100 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate shrubland

Range

Balkan Peninsula

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This flowering shrub grows on the rocky hillsides of the Balkan Peninsula. Its purple blossoms release a scent that can travel over three hundred meters in the wind.

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

Lamiales

Family

Oleaceae

Genus

Syringa

Species

Syringa vulgaris