Assertion: gametophyte | /r/HasProperty | short-lived
Facets:
value: in vascular plants
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In bryophytes the gametophyte is the highly visible, persistent phase of the plant, but in vascular plants the gametophyte is short-lived and often much reduced in size.
text: Its sporophyte is larger than the gametophyte, which is heart-shaped and short-lived.
text: The gametophyte is a short-lived plant that has both male and female reproductive organs.
text: Both these gametophytes are short-lived, and end with production of sperm cells by male gametophyte and egg cells by the female gametophyte.
text: In ferns, the sporophyte is dominant; the gametophyte is tiny and short-lived.