Willowleaf Angelon
Willowleaf Angelon
Angelonia salicariifolia
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical savanna
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Rare

About

Willowleaf Angelon is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Bolivia, Brazil, and northeast Argentina. It can grow to a height of 12 feet, and its leaves are shaped like the leaves of a willow tree.

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
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Angelonia
Species
Angelonia salicariifolia