Baby Burro's Tail
Baby Burro's Tail
Sedum burrito
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical dry forest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Armor
Status
Rare

About

Baby Burro's Tail is a succulent perennial that produces trailing stems up to 60 cm long. Its fleshy blue-green leaves and terminal pink to red flowers bloom in summer.

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
Saxifragales
Family
Crassulaceae
Genus
Sedum
Species
Sedum burrito