Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Western Europe
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Bulbs
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

Around half of the world's Common Bluebell population grows in the United Kingdom, where their nodding, sweetly-scented bells carpet ancient woodland floors each spring. The flowers are strictly one-sided on a gracefully arching stem — a trait that distinguishes them from the upright Spanish bluebell.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Hyacinthoides
Species: Hyacinthoides non-scripta