Seed Saturday 4: Ratibida pinnata

 

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

This Saturday's feature is Ratibida pinnata, Globular Coneflower. Family Asteraceae.

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 that of a sunflower, yet are smaller. The seeds are dark to black.

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

Ratibida pinnata seed 40x magnification.

Ratibida pinnata seed 10x magnification.

Ratibida pinnata seed card.

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