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Trailing Daisy
Trailing Daisy
Sphagneticola trilobata
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This creeping yellow flower carpets forest floors across the tropical Americas. Each stem node sprouts roots upon touching soil to expand its territory by ten feet annually.

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
Sphagneticola
Species
Sphagneticola trilobata