Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Dry woodland

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This perennial herb grows in the dry, sandy woodlands of North America. Its tiny, triangular seed pods eject seeds through three distinct valves when ripe.

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

Malvales

Family

Cistaceae

Genus

Lechea

Species

Lechea mucronata