Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Arctic tundra

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

A brilliant Arctic and alpine wildflower that carpets gravel riverbanks and glacial outwash with vivid magenta blooms. It is among the first plants to colonise bare ground after glacial retreat, making it a sentinel of post-ice ecology.

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

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Chamaenerion

Species

Chamaenerion latifolium