Ihia grass

Ihia grass resembles a thick, round and rigid blade of grass, with miniscule purplish flowers that fade to black near the centre growing from bulbs directly attached to the sides of the stem.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Elliptical shoot with 10-24 small flowers growing on it’s sides.

Genetics and Reproduction

Each flower contains a hundred microscopic seeds, and after a month of adulthood, the flowers begin to break off in strong winds, their longer, whispy petals carrying them a short while in the wind, during which the flower’s seeds drop down, spreading over an even wider area, carried by the wind.

Growth Rate & Stages

Sprouts ~1 week after planting, grows directly upwards like a blade thrust from below, reaching adulthood in about another moon.

Ihia grasses wither and die another 2 moons later.

Biological Cycle

Annual, dying on the first frost.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

The flowerless shoots provoke subconscious illusionary powers, and are often used in Storyteller’s spirit. The nectar of the flowers contains a highly potent necrotoxin.

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

Preyed upon by a special insect called an opti beetle, which drink the sugary liquid inside of the shoots, projecting random illusions of images it’s seen.

Lifespan

3 moons

Conservation Status

Critically endangered, only growing in the archdruid’s garden on one of the elven floors.

Average Height

3” for the shoot, 1 mm for the flowers.

Average Weight

1/16 lbs for the shoot, 10 grams for each flower

Average Length

1” for the shoot, 3mm for the flowers.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Darker green