Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: Southeast Europe
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

This low-growing shrub thrives in the rocky soil of the Black Sea coast. Its five petals hold exactly fifty stamens that vibrate to release pollen when bees land.

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: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: Hypericum calycinum