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small ground-cone

Kopsiopsis hookeri

The small ground-cone is a unique plant that looks like a tiny cone sitting on the ground. It has a special way of growing in shady places, making it a little treasure to find in the wild!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The small ground-cone is a stout, reddish-brown to purplish-brown fleshy stalk emerging directly from the forest floor. It has overlapping, scale-like bracts that give it a distinctive cone-like appearance. Unlike most plants, it totally lacks green leaves, with small, pale yellow or cream tubular flowers emerging from its upper scales.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

It's a relative of snapdragons, even though it looks nothing like them!

It's like a plant vampire, drawing all its food from tree roots!

The small ground-cone never grows green leaves because it doesn't need them!

This amazing plant spends most of its life hidden completely underground.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Vampire Plant Power

Small ground-cone can secretly steal nutrients and water from the roots of host trees, allowing it to grow without making its own food.

Fähigkeit

Underground Life

Small ground-cone has a hidden underground stem that can live for many years, sending up a new stalk only when conditions are just right.

Fähigkeit

No Sun Needed

Small ground-cone can thrive in dark forest understories because it doesn't need sunlight to create food.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-15 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Don't touch plants unless you know they are safe. Always ask an adult first!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von small ground-cone?

5-15 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von small ground-cone?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von small ground-cone?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von small ground-cone?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von small ground-cone?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von small ground-cone?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von small ground-cone?

Insekten

Wo findet man small ground-cone normalerweise?

Forests

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