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The pictured form
Halite flower
Petals separate around shallow brine, holding a broken reflection of the mineral lens.
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-answer. 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. The cubic petals separate into a broad shallow flower. A small bowl of clear brine occupies its centre, reflecting a broken image of the pale mineral lens. Keeps one bright note, opens a mineral triad, then reflects a quieter suspended chord. This answer form represents a three-beat bloom. Sound design: Celesta-like salt chime. Native use and wake write its own small state. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-halite-flower-answer-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 #109 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-halite-flower-answer; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1161 — Source habitat.
