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Garden Dahlia
Garden Dahlia
Dahlia pinnata
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Mountainous scrubland
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Garden Dahlia is a large, bushy flower with white petals and a central yellow disk. It is the type species of the genus Dahlia and is widely cultivated.

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
Dahlia
Species
Dahlia pinnata