Stats

Lifespan: Long-lived
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate shrubland
Range: Mediterranean Basin
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

Myrtle is a small evergreen shrub native to southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, Macaronesia, and the Indian subcontinent. FACT: Myrtle has a unique ability to emit a sweet, floral scent that can mimic the pheromones of a female Myrtle, attracting male Myrtle to mate.

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: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Myrtus
Species: Myrtus communis