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Research draft

perennial plant

vr.tr.perennial-plant · PHY.LIV

Let an agent handle perennial plants by species, life cycle, care and garden or crop use.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle perennial plants by species, life cycle, care and garden or crop use.

A plant that lives for more than two years, flowering repeatedly, including herbaceous perennials that die back each winter and woody perennials such as shrubs and trees.

What it is for: Gardens, crops, forage and ecosystems.

It can be plant and maintain it; divide and propagate it; grow it as a crop, such as sisal; plan gardens around its season.

Distinguishing features

Lives more than two years

Herbaceous or woody

Contrasts with annuals and biennials

Many are low-maintenance garden plants

What it looks like

Plants that return year after year; herbaceous perennials regrow from roots.

How it is recognised

Regrowth from the same roots each year

Species such as daylily or clover

Labels in garden centres

Related models

is a kind of - life cycle

plant

is confused with - one season

annual plant

includes - overlap

herbaceous plant and tree

is grown in - use

agriculture and gardens

In practice

Families and kinds

herbaceous perennials

woody perennials

evergreen perennials

perennial crops such as sisal

Identifiers

scientific name binomial species

Standards and regulation

Plant health rules

Invasive species regulations

Failure modes and hazards

Invasive spreading

Toxic species in gardens

Wrong planting conditions

Also called

Zanthoxylum simulansAgastache rugosaHemerocallis fulvaTrifolium repensTrifolium pratensesisalFestuca pratensisCanna indicaHouttuynia cordataApium graveolens var. dulcePhleum pratenseWelsh onionAllium tuberosumSatureja spicigeraMaranta arundinaceaIris tectorumCoreopsis lanceolataCalystegia pellitaBegonia grandisAlthaea roseaPhlox subulataColeus hybridusSedum aizoonPotentilla freynianaCleistogenes chinensisColeus scutellarioidesPilea notataPeucedanum praeruptorumIxeris japonicaLychnis fulgensViola pekinensisCleistogenes hanceiPhysaliastrum sinicumAstragalus chinensisArundo donax var. versicolorPseudosedum lieveniiVeronica himalensisBelamcanda chinensisIxeridium dentatumRabdosia amethystoides

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which plant.

Species first.

Species

Name.

Species

Species.

  1. Which species is it? definition
  2. Is it herbaceous or woody? definition

Hardiness

Climate.

Hardiness

Hardiness.

  1. What hardiness zone does it suit? measurement
  2. Does it die back in winter? definition
Care Growing.

Care keeps perennials healthy.

Planting

Conditions.

Planting

Planting needs.

  1. What soil and light does it need? definition
  2. When should it be planted? action

Maintenance

Pruning and division.

Maintenance

Maintenance.

  1. How should it be pruned or divided? action
  2. How often? measurement
Uses Garden and crop.

Uses vary.

Garden

Ornamental.

Garden use

Garden use.

  1. How is it used in gardens? definition
  2. Is it good for pollinators? definition

Crop

Fibre, forage, food.

Crop

Crop use.

  1. Is it grown as a crop, and for what? definition
  2. What yields? measurement
Safety Toxicity and spread.

Some perennials are toxic or invasive.

Toxicity

People and pets.

Toxicity

Toxicity.

  1. Is it toxic to people or pets? boundary
  2. Which parts? boundary

Invasive

Spread.

Invasive

Invasive risk.

  1. Could it spread invasively? boundary
  2. Is it regulated? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should perennial types be separate entries?
  • How should hardiness zones be linked?
  • The registry entry lists species as aliases; should they be instances?
Draft as JSON