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Caucasian Stonecrop
Caucasian Stonecrop
Phedimus spurius
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Western Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This creeping succulent grows across rocky mountain slopes in the Caucasus. Its thick leaves store enough water to survive for weeks without any rainfall.

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
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Phedimus
Species
Phedimus spurius