Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

East Asia and Oceania

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This small herb grows in open grasslands and rocky slopes across southern regions. Its flowers track the sun throughout the day, rotating their stems to follow the light path.

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

Campanulaceae

Genus

Wahlenbergia

Species

Wahlenbergia marginata