Seed Saturday 2: Leucanthemum vulgare

I am highlighting the seeds of a plant species on Saturdays that I am calling Seed Saturday!

This Saturday's feature is Leucanthemum vulgare, Ox-Eye Daisy.

Seed Information: The seeds form in the head of the flower similar to a small sunflower, it being in the Asteraceae (Compositaceae) family. Family Asteraceae.

Seed Description: The seeds look similar to small sunflower seeds, yet has more angles. The seeds are dark to black with a whitish-yellow outline at each side of its angle edges. Where the seed attached to the flower is a little nub.

Seeds were viewed using a dissecting microscope with magnification of 10x and 40x. Ruler marks are in millimeters (mm, metric system).

Leucanthemum vulgare seed 40x magnification.

Leucanthemum vulgare seed 10x magnification.

Leucanthemum vulgare seed card.

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Seed Saturday 1: Portulaca amilis

I am highlighting the seeds of a plant species on Saturdays that I am calling Seed Saturday!

This Saturday's feature is Portulaca amilis, Moss Rose, Paraguayan Purslane. Family Portulacaceae.

Seed Information: Seeds mature in Summer, hot heat, sandy places. The plant makes a capsule, almost like a pill, that you can break into two halves. The most seeds I've counted in one of these capsules is 196. That is a lot of seeds for one fruit.

Seed Description: The seeds are usually dark, black, yet can be brown to red brown. The seed looks curled similar to a snail shell. The seed coat looks like they have little nobs on them.

Seeds were viewed using a dissecting microscope with magnification of 10x and 40x. Ruler marks are in millimeters (mm, metric system).

Portulaca amilis seed 40x magnification.

Portulaca amilis seed 10x magnification.

Portulaca amilis seed card.

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