Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Salt marsh

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This flowering shrub grows in salt marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Its succulent leaves store freshwater to survive being submerged in salty tidal waters.

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

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Borrichia

Species

Borrichia frutescens