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Cotyledon pendens
Cotyledon pendens
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Arid scrubland
Range
Southern Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

This succulent grows on rocky cliffs in the mountains of South Africa. Its teardrop-shaped leaves drop off when touched to sprout new plants in the soil below.

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
Crassulaceae
Genus
Cotyledon
Species
Cotyledon pendens