Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: East Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Rare

About

This slender vine grows along sandy coastal dunes and rocky mountain slopes. Its seed pods split open to release tiny seeds equipped with long white silky hairs.

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: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species: Cynanchum chinense