The stem turns into a spring, the
seed capsule is twisted to ground level, opens and the starchy seed coating changes to sugar, attracting ants who eat the covering but distribute the seed widely.
Seed capsule infestation rates ranged from 73% to 98% in Alachua County.
Sweet fern bears fruit in the form of a bristly, light-green
seed capsule that can be found on the plant in the fall.
Habitat: A dense, evergreen shrub member of the compositae family with a pungent, aromatic, lemony foliage supporting clusters of yellow, button flowers that transform into an oblong
seed capsule.
Pelargoniums originate from southern Africa and their name comes from the Greek pelargos, meaning stork: the
seed capsule ends in a point like a stork's beak.
Fungi that are grouped together as Botryosphaeria have been reported to cause various symptoms of disease including shoot blight, dieback stem canker,
seed capsule abortion, seed and fruit rots (Webb, 1983; Smith et al., 1996; Roux and Wingfield, 1997; Roux et al., 2001; Gezahgne et al., 2003; Alves et al., 2004 and Gezahgne, 2004).
The stem turns into a spring, the
seed capsule is twisted to ground level, opens and the starchy seed coating changes to sugar.
Dennis Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, inspecting a fully developed Small whorled pogonia
seed capsule. Photo Credit: U.S.
When mature, the
seed capsule splits open at its apical end (partial dehiscence), with tooth-like cusps curving outward as it dries.
Forsythia
seed capsule is used to treat fevers and swollen lymph nodes.
A Poor Knight's Lily
seed capsule inspired one terracotta study and was later incorporated in All The Same, his favourite work.
The black seeds are sold in the
seed capsule to keep them pungent, but to be viable for growing this outer case should be plump, white and 'husky'.