Bleatroot

Bleatroot is a plant native to the Colloidus region. It is known for both its various civilian and military uses.
==Information==
===Biology===
Bleatroot is a peculiar plant with no leaves, stem, or flowers. Instead, it is composed of a small, stringy bush of fibers attached to a combination fruit/taproot known as a bleatrootroot. It has a wide temperature range, but does best in temperate climates and alkaline soils.
Bleatroot fibers absorb carbon dioxide and photosynthesize it into oxygen and sugars, much like normal leaves. Physically, they are strong, insulative, and easily woven into a high-quality fabric. They also taste sweet to most mammalian creatures.
On the surface of the bleatroot's bleatrootroot are many short spikes, which absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
The bleatrootroot is filled with a combustible jelly synthesized by symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria, much like the See Phore. When the bleatroot's fibers are detached, the friction from the fibers ignites a blasting cap, which in turn detonates the bleatrootroot after roughly six seconds. Inside the bleatrootroot are several dozen hardy seeds, which are sent flying by the root's explosion.
Severing the blasting cap cancels the detonation, but kills the bleatroot.
===Uses===
Bleatroot is domesticated and bred for its fibers and for its edible bleatrootroot. It is difficult to farm efficiently because each bleatroot can only be harvested once, making bleatroot fabric a luxury item.
The explosion of a bleatroot can cause serious damage to structures and people, so it has historically been used as a makeshift weapon. One notable incident in which bleatroots were weaponized was the 3,003,750C rebellion of Terinskian North Dornae.
==Trivia==
*Many different breeds of bleatroot exist, from ones with colored fibers to ones with very little explosive power.
Category:Non-Complien creatures