Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

Southern Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Runners

Status

Uncommon

About

This creeping plant forms dense green mats across damp, shaded Mediterranean rocks. It spreads by rooting at every stem node, allowing it to colonize entire surfaces rapidly.

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

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Soleirolia

Species

Soleirolia soleirolii