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Pink Breath of Heaven
Pink Breath of Heaven
Coleonema pulchellum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
10-20 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Coastal fynbos
Range
South Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Pink Breath of Heaven is a shrub endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has a unique reproductive cycle: a flower blooms, then dies, and leaves behind a seed that sprouts a new plant.

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
Sapindales
Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Coleonema
Species
Coleonema pulchellum