After being pollinated, the female flowers become achenes that form an aggregate ball. Typically, the core of the ball is 1 cm in diameter and is covered with a net of mesh 1 mm, which can be peeled off. The ball is 2.5–4 cm in diameter and contains several hundred achenes, each of which has a single seed and is conical, with the point attached downward to the net at the surface of the ball. There is also a tuft of many thin stiff yellow-green bristle fibers attached to the base of each achene. These bristles help in wind dispersion of the fruits as in the dandelion.
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Rather interesting♫ Nature is quite inventive when it come to dispensing seeds! My top shot: http://lauriekazmierczak.com/abstract/
ReplyDeleteThat's a LOT of seeds! Fascinating photo.
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