Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

North America, Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This perennial herb grows in the shaded forests of North America and Asia. Its dried seeds are equipped with tiny hooks that latch onto passing animal fur.

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

Lamiales

Family

Phrymaceae

Genus

Phryma

Species

Phryma leptostachya