Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Tropical grassland
Range: South America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Burrowing
Status: Uncommon

About

A low, spreading legume whose yellow flowers bend down after pollination and bury their own stalks, ripening the pods underground rather than above it.

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: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Arachis
Species: Arachis hypogaea