Queen's Wreath
Petrea volubilis
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Central America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Rough Leaves
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The queen's wreath is a climbing vine native to the forests of Central America. Its leaves feel like coarse sandpaper and can shred the skin of insects that land on them.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Petrea
- Species
- Petrea volubilis