Primrose-Willows

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Primrose-Willows are beautiful plants with bright yellow flowers that bloom in warm weather. They love to grow near water and create a lovely sight for everyone who sees them!

Hábitat: Primrose-Willows live in wetlands, ponds, and along the edges of rivers.

Aspecto

The Primrose-Willows is a diverse plant that often has bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers with four or five petals, resembling wild primroses. Its stems can be green to reddish, and leaves vary from oval to narrow, sometimes floating or emerging from water, making it distinct in wet habitats.

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Primrose-Willows

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Plantas

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Common

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Look closely for some species, they can sprout tiny buoyant 'knees' or floats from their roots!

Some Primrose-Willows change their stem shape to float or stand tall in water!

The name 'Primrose-Willow' comes from their yellow flowers resembling bright primroses.

They often make their seeds in tiny capsules that look like miniature four-sided peppers!

Habilidades especiales

Primrose-Willows can adapt their growth to either float submerged, creep along wet ground, or stand tall in shallow water.

Many Primrose-Willows species have spongy, air-filled tissues in stems and roots, helping them breathe underwater.

Some Primrose-Willows can quickly spread by sending out runners or root fragments, colonizing new wet areas rapidly.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 20-100 cm
Extensión: 30-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 1-3 cm
Temporada de floración: Summer-fall
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

collects nectar and pollen

eats

Waterlily Leaf Beetle

Galerucella nymphaeae

larvae feed on leaves

eaten by

Mallard Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

eats seeds and vegetation

Rasgos

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