Bacopa
Bacopa
Chaenostoma cordatum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Subtropical scrubland
Range
Southern Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Uncommon

About

This creeping plant grows across the rocky slopes of Southern Africa. Its five-petaled flowers rotate to track the sun throughout the day.

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
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Chaenostoma
Species
Chaenostoma cordatum