False Goat's Beards
False Goat's Beards
Astilbe
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
Asia and North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

False Goat's Beards, Astilbe, are flowering plants native to mountain ravines and woodlands in Asia and North America. Some species are known by the common names false goat's beard and false spirea.

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
Saxifragales
Family
Saxifragaceae
Genus
Astilbe