I am highlighting the seeds of a plant species on Saturdays that I am calling Seed Saturday!
This Saturday's feature is Clintonia borealis, Blue Bead Lily. Family Liliaceae.
Seed Information: The seed has a similar shape to an orange wedge; three sided, one of those sides being rounded. These seed surround within the berry with the rounded part facing out.
Seed Description: The seed is brown. Of the three sides or faces of the seed, two are more flat with in indention, the third side is rounded. The seeds are not very thick.
Seeds were viewed using a dissecting microscope with magnification of 10x and 40x. Ruler marks are in millimeters (mm, metric system).
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| Clintonia borealis seed 40x magnification. |
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| Clintonia borealis seed 10x magnification. |
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| Clintonia borealis seed card. |
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