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2016年4月7日 · Achene: Achenes are simple dry fruits that an endocarp, mesocarp and epicarp that aren’t easily distinguished. They do not open when ripe and the single seed takes up most of the space within the fruit. Achenes are sometimes mistaken for grains, especially in …
Street Tree Species List - City Plants
Defining Characteristic: Leaves palmate with prolific brown or mostly green achene fruiting in Fall or Summer. Striking to exfoliating cream or light green bark. Native To: California. View on Selectree
Anemone cylindrica — long-headed windflower - Go Botany
Long-headed windflower is native to sandy and rocky fields, hillsides and woodlands in all New England states. It is an upright, slender plant, and its cylindrical clusters of fruits (achenes) are also much taller than wide), giving it its alternative common name of "candle anemone" or …
Eleocharis obtusa — blunt spikesedge - Go Botany
Blunt spikesedge is found on pond and river shores and in disturbed, wet areas. There are two varieties in New England, one of which is widespread and common, while the other is rare and restricted to Maine and New Hampshire.
Fremont Cottonwood - Calscape
The fruit is a wind-dispersed achene, that appears to look like patches of cotton hanging from limbs, thus the name cottonwood. Often only the male plants are sold. The leaves are heart-shaped, with white veins. It's an important plant for birds and butterflies.
IPCW Plant Report – California Invasive Plant Council
produce only one type of fruit or achene, which is usually light brown with faint tan stripes and always bears a white pappus. Description:
California Cudweed - Friends of Edgewood
Fruit is an achene (a single-seeded, dry fruit that does not split open), more specifically called a cypsela because of the inferior position of the ovary, with a pappus of bristles; Height to 4 ft. Distribution. Native to California Grows in forests, foothill woodlands, and chaparral; See Calflora for statewide observations of this plant
Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia Calflora
Grindelia stricta var. angustifolia is a perennial herb that is native to California. This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora. [wildflower.org] Size, Fruit: Size Notes: Up to about 6 …
California Goldfields - Friends of Edgewood
Fruit is an achene (a single-seeded, dry fruit that does not split open), more specifically called a cypsela because of the inferior position of the ovary If present, pappus (modified sepals, outer flower parts) of 1-7 translucent, brown, linear, bristle-tipped scales; Height to 15 in. Flower © DSchiel. Distribution. Native to California
Cirsium hydrophilum - Wikipedia
Cirsium hydrophilum is a species of thistle which is endemic to California, where it is found only in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. This native thistle grows in wet boggy habitats.