Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Tiny

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate mountain

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

G3

About

This small sunflower grows on high rocky cliffs in the southern Appalachian range. Its roots can split solid granite boulders to anchor itself into narrow mountain crevices.

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

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Krigia

Species

Krigia montana