Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: East Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Runners
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

A trailing houseplant with round leaves patterned in silver veins above and deep red-purple beneath. It earns its name from the long, thread-like stolons it sends out, each tipped with a tiny ready-to-root plantlet.

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: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga
Species: Saxifraga stolonifera