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Peruvian lilies
Peruvian lilies
Alstroemeria
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This flowering plant grows in the cool mountain slopes of Chile and Brazil. Its seed pods explode when touched to scatter seeds up to five meters away.

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
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Alstroemeriaceae
Genus
Alstroemeria