Stats

Lifespan: Up to 100 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Northern Hemisphere
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

This flowering plant grows in temperate regions across Asia, Europe, and America. Its buds require ants to crawl over them and consume sticky nectar to fully open.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae