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Burro's-tail
Burro's-tail
Sedum morganianum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical dry forest
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Burro's Tail is a trailing succulent native to southern Mexico and Honduras, prized for its cascading stems packed with plump, blue-green teardrop leaves. Each stem can reach 60 cm long, and if a leaf drops it will readily root and grow into a new plant.

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
Sedum
Species
Sedum morganianum