Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Mediterranean scrub
Range: Mediterranean region
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

This delicate flower grows wild in rocky Mediterranean mountain crevices. Its serrated petals can snap shut in under one second to trap small insects for nutrients.

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: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Dianthus
Species: Dianthus caryophyllus