Tuberous nasturtium
Tropaeolum tuberosum · Nasturtium family
Plant portrait
A climbing nasturtium with lobed leaves that develops underground tubers.
Harvested part
The tubers.
What to watch for
Watch leaves and climbing stems; the model exposes the tubers to make them visible.
Growth stages of the tuberous nasturtium
Plotilo illustrates the tuberous nasturtium in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the nasturtium family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.