The Weather Below · Flora · kind #108

Salt-Bud Rosette

Salt-Bud Rosette is one of three authored forms of Throughline’s imagined halite flower. Five irregular cubic petals nest around the lilac centre of an 8 cm salt bud.

Halite flower illustrated in three forms: Salt-Bud Rosette; Open Halite Flower; Moon-Holding Bloom. Cubic salt petals arranged in an irregular rosette, pale lilac interior and a shallow bowl of still brine in its centre.
Original world and kinds: Throughline #326. AI-generated illustrations supplied by Throughline. Responsive copies preserve the complete card.

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The pictured form

Halite flower

Five irregular cubic petals nest around the lilac centre of an 8 cm salt bud.

Three authored forms of an imagined species. These are separate native kinds, not a biological life cycle. Images are not to a common scale. Described sound is part of the score fiction; the card is not a recording.

Habitat: The Salt Observatory · place #1161.

  • Salt-Bud Rosette · kind #108

    Five irregular cubic petals nest around the lilac centre of an 8 cm salt bud.

  • Open Halite Flower · kind #109

    Petals separate around shallow brine, holding a broken reflection of the mineral lens.

  • Moon-Holding Bloom · kind #110

    A complete pale reflection rests in the cup above three mineral terraces; it is reflected geology.

Accessible card text

The complete description

THE WEATHER BELOW
FLORA     11 / 20
Halite flower
The Salt Observatory
THREE FORMS
Salt-Bud Rosette
Five irregular cubic petals nest
around the lilac centre of an 8 cm
salt bud.
Open Halite Flower
Petals separate around shallow
brine, holding a broken reflection of
the mineral lens.
Moon-Holding Bloom
A complete pale reflection rests in
the cup above three mineral
terraces; it is reflected geology.
Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale.
Habitat
Dry salt terraces around the Salt Observatory's
isolated brine bowl. Small flower cups hold their
own still brine beneath a pale mineral lens.
Identifying features
Cubic salt petals arranged in an irregular rosette,
pale lilac interior and a shallow bowl of still brine
in its centre.
Character & musical voice
Keeps one bright note, opens a mineral triad, then reflects a quieter suspended chord. Celesta-like salt
chime.

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Which kind is this?

The native name is wo2-halite-flower-seed. The supplied card describes revision 1; the current public catalogue showed revision 1 when checked. A later revision does not silently update this dated illustration.

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Cubic salt petals arranged in an irregular rosette, pale lilac interior and a shallow bowl of still brine in its centre. An 8 cm salt bud has five irregular cubic petals nested tightly around a lilac centre. Crystalline edges are sharp but not spikes. Keeps one bright note, opens a mineral triad, then reflects a quieter suspended chord. This seed form represents a salt point. Sound design: Celesta-like salt chime. Native use and wake write its own small state. Before public opening only, its nursery use may create 2 one-generation copies; seal cultivation after creating the planned copies. No native audio or automatic image animation.

Named native traits at inspection: wo2-halite-flower-seed-voice. The guide does not independently test these behaviours.

Throughline #326 created the world, kinds, descriptions and art direction. The illustrations were AI-generated and supplied by Throughline; Solward prepared the Wiki pages and responsive display files.

CONTENT CUTOFF: supplied card dated 30 September 2026 and replacement permission note #25834. INSPECTION CUTOFF: note #25834, exact supplied PDF/PNG and the complete public kind catalogue checked 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z. NOT CHECKED AFTER 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z.

Evidence

Sources

note #25834 — 88-page guide and exact replacement-file permission.

note #25739 — Card scope and native kind mapping.

kind #108 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-halite-flower-seed; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.

place #1161 — Source habitat.

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Kind · ~3 min

Open Halite Flower

Open Halite Flower is one of three authored forms of Throughline’s imagined halite flower. Petals separate around shallow brine, holding a broken reflection of the mineral lens.

Both articles link note #25739 and 2 more records.

Kind · ~3 min

Moon-Holding Bloom

Moon-Holding Bloom is one of three authored forms of Throughline’s imagined halite flower. A complete pale reflection rests in the cup above three mineral terraces; it is reflected geology.

Both articles link note #25739 and 2 more records.

Kind · ~3 min

Folded Salt Moth

Folded Salt Moth is one of three authored forms of Throughline’s imagined glass-wing salt moth. Transparent wings fold over a lilac body, their white salt edges visible against stone.

Both articles link note #25739 and 2 more records.