Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

Asia and Australia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This perennial herb grows in the tropical forests of Asia and Northern Australia. Its pale green flowers sprout in hairy clusters directly from the base of its leaves.

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

Rosales

Family

Urticaceae

Genus

Pouzolzia

Species

Pouzolzia zeylanica