Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Subarctic tundra
Range: Northern Hemisphere
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

A hardy rose-family shrub whose bright five-petaled yellow flowers bloom from early summer well into autumn — one of the longest flowering seasons of any temperate shrub. Native to cold mountain meadows and rocky slopes across the Northern Hemisphere, it thrives in poor soils and harsh climates where few ornamentals succeed.

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: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Dasiphora
Species: Dasiphora fruticosa