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Tall Tutsan
Tall Tutsan
Hypericum × inodorum
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
Western Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

The tall tutsan is a woody shrub that grows in the wild across Western Europe. Its translucent leaves contain tiny oil glands that look like pinpricks when held to the light.

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
Malpighiales
Family
Hypericaceae
Genus
Hypericum