Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

South America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This slender herb grows in warm climates and thrives in disturbed soil. It produces tiny, umbrella-shaped clusters of flowers that bloom in rapid succession.

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

Apiales

Family

Apiaceae

Genus

Cyclospermum

Species

Cyclospermum leptophyllum