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Pogostemon erectus
Pogostemon erectus
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
South Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

This aquatic plant grows in dense, upright clusters along riverbanks. Its feathery leaves can sprout up to forty individual stems from a single root base.

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
Lamiaceae
Genus
Pogostemon
Species
Pogostemon erectus