Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

The Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This twining vine grows in fields and open woods across the Americas. Its flower clusters are protected by stiff, hairy bracts that trap small crawling insects.

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

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Jacquemontia

Species

Jacquemontia tamnifolia