Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Subtropical woodland

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

This succulent subshrub grows in rocky soils across the western hemisphere. Its tiny flowers snap shut instantly when touched to protect their delicate pollen.

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

Caryophyllales

Family

Talinaceae

Genus

Talinum

Species

Talinum paniculatum