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Sticky False Asphodel

Triantha glutinosa

The Sticky False Asphodel is a unique plant with sticky leaves that can trap tiny insects! It grows in wet areas and has beautiful white flowers that bloom in the summer.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Sticky False Asphodel has a slender green stem densely covered in glistening, sticky red-brown glands. Its small, star-shaped flowers are creamy-white to pale yellow, clustered at the top of the stalk, and its narrow, grass-like leaves are found mostly at the base.

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Sticky False Asphodel
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Sticky False Asphodel

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It can grow in places where most plants struggle because it gets extra food from trapped insects!

Scientists only recently confirmed this sticky plant is actually a secret meat-eater!

The 'False Asphodel' part of its name means it looks like another flower but isn't!

This hardy plant can thrive high up in mountains, even above the tree line in some areas!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Insect Trap

Sticky False Asphodel can trap tiny insects on its stems because its stalks are covered in glue-like hairs, helping it get extra nutrients.

Fähigkeit

Pollinator Protection

This plant has a clever trick: its sticky insect traps are separate from its flower pollen, so it doesn't accidentally eat its own pollinators!

Fähigkeit

Metal Magnet

It has a superpower to absorb heavy metals like zinc from the soil, cleaning up its environment while it grows!

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-50 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Sommer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster

traps tiny insects on its sticky stem for nutrients

eats

Silky ant

Formica fusca

lures and catches small ants with its glandular hairs

pollinates

Two-form Bumblebee

Bombus bifarius

flowers attract bees for nectar and pollen collection

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch plants without asking an adult first.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Sticky False Asphodel?

10-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Sticky False Asphodel?

0.5-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Sticky False Asphodel?

Sommer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Sticky False Asphodel?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Sticky False Asphodel?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Sticky False Asphodel?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Sticky False Asphodel?

Insekten

Wo findet man Sticky False Asphodel normalerweise?

Wetlands

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