Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Southern Europe
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

This hardy perennial grows among the rocky slopes of the Balkan mountains. Its sticky leaf hairs trap and kill small insects to protect its foliage from being eaten.

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: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium macrorrhizum