Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Tropical scrubland
Range: The Americas
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

This climbing vine grows across open fields throughout the Americas. Its white flowers open only at dawn and twist shut tightly by the afternoon heat.

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: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Distimake
Species: Distimake dissectus