Yotwis

The yotwis split from its ancestor and moved to the harsh salty environment of the Ovi Salt Marsh. There it lives only in the water screwed to the marsh floor though it can survive for months in the moist areas of the marsh only partly submerged. It resembles it ancestor’s look and is still made of a screwed-in bulb and three main leaves. It now reproduces by releasing one of these leaves, either near its death or after being physically hit. These leaves are swept away in the waters floating around away from the mother yotwis. After a few days it will sink down and hit the marsh floor and start growing small tiny leaves on it. Once these leaves mature they will disconnect from the major leaf and be carried by the water to a new ground. There they will be dug in and start growing by regeneration into a new yotwis. Because there is so much salt in the water the yotwis will release it in the tip of its bulb. As the plant gets older this salt storage gets bigger and bigger and sometimes can cover half of the bulb. Generally the yotwis and mainly its bulb has a sweet-salty taste that is quite repealing to the average herbivore.