Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Western Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Rare

About

Lovage is a tall perennial herb native to southern Europe, prized for its intensely celery-like flavour in soups and stews. Every part of the plant — leaves, hollow stems, seeds, and roots — is edible, and medieval Europeans used its dried root as a salt substitute.

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: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Levisticum
Species: Levisticum officinale