Specimen · N°022 · Volcano
Pyrolava fissicola
Rock-first Bloom
On this lava, it is the only thing to bloom first.
FOUND 63.6°N 19.0°W · A new lava field in Iceland · ✝ EX · Last seen 1989
On this lava, it is the only thing to bloom first.
A low cushion plant 8–15 cm tall. It drives roots into thin cracks of cooled black lava and densely layers small leathery deep-green leaves, from which it blooms clusters of small deep-pink stars.
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On this lava, it is the only thing to bloom first.
Not another speck of green is to be seen.
A new lava field in Iceland.
A black land that a volcano poured out and that cooled hard.
The Rock-first Bloom drives its roots into the thin cracks.
It layers leathery deep-green leaves and blooms small deep-pink stars.
