Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Mediterranean scrub
Range: Southern Europe
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Status: Uncommon

About

Sweet scabious, also known as Sixalix atropurpurea, is a small flowering herb native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The White Pincushion Flower variety is a small shrub that grows to a maximum height of 1.5 meters. It has a narrow, upright stem with small, linear leaves. The plant has a distinctive white, pincushion-shaped flower that is 1.5 centimeters in diameter.

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: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Sixalix
Species: Sixalix atropurpurea