Seed Saturday 20: Rhexia alifanus

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

This Saturday's feature is Rhexia alifanus, Savanna Meadow Beauty. Family Melastomataceae.

Seed Information: The seeds are found within a vase shaped fruit. When mature, the seeds can be poured out of this vase.

Seed Description: The seeds are brown. The seeds are some pyramidal shape. This shape is different from other species in the genus, from my experience.

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

Rhexia alifanus seed 40x magnification.

Rhexia alifanus seed 10x magnification.

Rhexia alifanus seed card.

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Seed Saturday 19: Albizia julibrissin

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

This Saturday's feature is Albizia julibrissin, Mimosa, Silk Tree. Family Fabaceae.

Seed Information: The seeds are found within a long, flat, bean pod of a fruit; as found in many in the Fabaceae family. The seeds are too big to get into an entire view with 40x magnification.

Seed Description: The seeds are brown. The seeds are rounded, yet sort of flattened. The seeds may have a dimple that has a rounded portion in form, reminding me of an imprint of one side of an open paper clip.

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

Albizia julibrissin seed 40x magnification.

Albizia julibrissin seed 10x magnification.

Albizia julibrissin seed card.

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Seed Saturday 18: Malva neglecta

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

This Saturday's feature is Malva neglecta, Common Mallow. Family Malvaceae.

Seed Information: The seeds of this plant are found in a wedge of the fruit. The fruit can have many wedges forming a circle (the fruit pictured has 15 wedges). From the wedge, the skin or casing can be removed and the seed found within.

Seed Description: The seeds looked curled into an ear shape. The seeds are thickest at the outer edge, thinner in the middle. The seeds are light brown, to red, to orange or yellowish.

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

Malva neglecta seed 40x magnification.

Malva neglecta seed 10x magnification.

Malva neglecta seed card.

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Seed Saturday 17: Callicarpa americana

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

This Saturday's feature is Callicarpa americana, American Beautyberry. Family Lamiaceae.

Seed Information: The seeds of this plant are found within very attractive pink fruit. From the fruits I examined, often 4 seeds per fruit.

Seed Description: The seeds may have a brown layer or skin around them, whiter to pale yellow underneath. The seeds have a rounded side that would point toward the outside within the fruit, so that the round fruit can be quartered into 4 parts in terms of the contents of the seeds.

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

Callicarpa americana seed 40x magnification.

Callicarpa americana seed 10x magnification.

Callicarpa americana seed card.

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Seed Saturday 16: Ocimum basilicum

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

This Saturday's feature is Ocimum basilicum, Basil. Family Lamiaceae.

Seed Information: These are the seeds of basil, of which the leaves are used as a spice. If you put the seeds in water, they swell with a sort of gelatinous ooze around them.

Seed Description: The seeds are oval. The seeds are black. The seeds have little bumps all over them. The seeds have a node at the point of attachment to the plant.

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

Ocimum basilicum seed 40x magnification.

Ocimum basilicum seed 10x magnification.

Ocimum basilicum seed card.

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