Stats

Lifespan

Annual to Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This flowering plant grows in temperate regions and mountain meadows worldwide. Its seed pods coil into tight springs and launch seeds up to six meters when they dry.

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

Geraniales

Family

Geraniaceae

Genus

Geranium