#cypsela

[goblinfables]

little drifters

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Taraxacum officinale

17-MAY-2023

Melbourne, Vic

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Table 18.1 lists some familiar examples of true seeds versus fruits that resemble seeds.

"Plant Physiology and Development" int'l 6e - Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Møller, I.M., Murphy, A.

[auphelia]

do you have additional sunflower lore. or can you elaborate on the “each petal is its own flower” bit. i am FASCINATED

Your wish is my command 🫡

Sunflowers are a part of the Asteraceae family of flowers (also contains daisies and asters). This family is characterised by flowers being made up of 'florets' which is a small flower, typically making up part of a composite flower head (so just a flower head that consists of a group of them). The composite flower heads are a type of pseudanthium which just means a 'false flower', referring to structures that look like flowers but aren't botanically categorised as such. They typically have reduced reproductive capabilities tho, so not every floret can be pollinated.

So in its own right, each little yellow leaf (ray flower) and every small black disc in the middle (disc flower) is it's own flower, but make up part of a larger 'false' flower head :3

[gaynaturalistghost]

Dandelions are, botanically speaking, a fruit (specifically the cypselae, which are attached to the silky parachute). But the founding fathers don’t want you to know this. They have been anti-fruit from the beginning. Consider the uproar about tomatoes.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Missouri, July 1, 1922 

[wordsonly]

Spring again

One hundred parting gifts

The logical

Internally monologised goodbyes

Reasoning out the best for you

For sanity

For kindness

For escape from this, another season

Or all those to come.

Till your person.

Breathing gently

Through pursed lips

With diaphragmatic steadiness

Upon that which appears sensible

Solid.

Fluff

Obliterated in an instant

Cypsela lifted to the breeze

In promises of new

A precious macrocosm of chuted possibility

Invisibly held

Glistening

As they drift in the light

That surrounds you

Without option

Three blows to continue

Yet one is all it ever takes.

[faeriegardenguardian]

Common Dandelion

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Fun Fact: A dandelion seed is the plant’s mature fruit, known as a cypsela to botanists, and its parachute-like structure is known as a pappus!

Region: Temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North America

Bloom Time: May to October

Picture Location: Crestview, Florida

More Information:

[awkwardbotany]

Meet Erigeron linearis

Erigeron is a genus of herbaceous, flowering plants consisting of between 390 and 460 species and is a member of the aster/sunflower family (Asteraceae). Plants in this genus are annuals, biennials, or perennials and are mainly found in temperate regions around the world. At least 163 species occur in the contiguous United States. Erigeron diversity is particularly high in western states;…

[thebashfulbotanist]

This Wednesday’s weed is Tragopogon dubius, yellow goat’s beard, which has little flowers and BIG pappus on their cypselae (the fluffy parts on the fruits that aid in dispersal). 

Yellow goat’s beard is a nonnative weed, but its basal leaves and taproot can both be cooked and eaten. Sometimes they’re called “oyster root” because the roots supposedly taste like oysters when cooked.

[ao3feed-izuku-midoriya]

Cypsela of a Dandelion

cypsela of a dandelion by Xltshirt

Izuku does not dream, but visions of dandelions and hair of gold flood his sleep.

Words: 613, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Characters: Venti (Genshin Impact), Midoriya Izuku

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Venti (Genshin Impact), Midoriya Inko & Midoriya Izuku

Additional Tags: Reincarnation, Midoriya Izuku is Venti, Light Angst

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41513094

[koholint]

today’s playlist:

Opiate - Snow Story

Ola Bergman - Cypsela

Kidkanevil - Shunkanido

Submerse - Cut From the Team

Shigeto - So So Lovely

Model 500 - M50 Astralwerks

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Waterford

Chimp Beams - Skyhigh

Yokota - Wait for a Day

Herbie Hancock - The Essence (DJ Krush Remix)

Amon Tobin - Nova

Cibo Matto - Stone

Copter4016882 - Swaying Flag

thanx for listening!

[x-tayberry-x-blog]

[cedar-glade]

Chalk Hill Hymenopappus

Hymenopappus tenuifolius

Growing in Short Grass rem at Lake Hiwassee, I checked the three species listed in OK, I decieded to go against Hymenopappus scabiosaeus due to the widening of the leaves common to that species. Carolla is indeed white; leaves of this species are more narrowed off with no widening so truely liniar. other key features for the species photographed above has those super cool glandular yellow phyllaries. " Biennials, 40-150 cm. Leaves 2-pinnate, 8-15 cm, lobes (3-)5-15+ × 0.5-1.5+ mm; cauline 8-30. Heads 20-200 per stem. Pedun-cles 1-5 cm. Phyllaries yellowish, 5-8 × 2-4 mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 25-50; corollas whitish, 2.5-3 mm, tubes 1.5-2.2 mm, throats campanulate, 0.8-1.5 mm, lengths 1.5-2 times lobes. Cypselae 3.5-4.5 mm, ± villous; pappi of 16-18 scales 1-1.5(-2) mm. 2n = 34. Flowering (Apr-)May-Jul(-Aug). Sandy, gravelly, or silty soils, limestone; 50-2100 m; Colo., Kans., Nebr., N.Mex., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Wyo." - John L. Strother in Flora of North America (vol. 21)

Still would love to see that Hymenopappus scabiosaeus in-situ and photograph it along with Hymenopappus flavescens which is more present in the western sections of the state.

[b7acksoul]

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