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Orobanche minor seeds

Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel seeds

Phelipanche ramosa seeds

Phelipanche ramosa fruit; drawing by Regina O. Hughes

disseminules in side view

disseminules and caryopses; photo by Mark Thurmond

A, fertile floret with 2 attached sterile lemmas; B, caryopsis in side view showing embryo; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

disseminules and caryopses; photo by Mark Thurmond

caryopses in side view; photo by Mark Thurmond

A, fertile floret with 2 attached sterile lemmas; B, caryopsis in side view showing embryo; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

disseminules in side view

disseminule

disseminules with intact awns

detail of fertile lemma surface

caryopses in side view

A, fertile floret with 2 attached sterile lemmas; B, caryopsis in side view showing embryo; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

seeds

seeds

seeds

A, seed; B, longitudinal section of seed showing embryo; C, transection of seed; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

fruit with part broken off

spikelets and florets

spikelets in dorsal view showing upper glume (top) and ventral view showing sterile lemma (bottom)

dorsal view of florets showing lemma and remnants of the papery upper glume

ventral view of florets showing palea and margins of lemma, as well as remnants of the papery sterile lemma and upper glume

caryopses in dorsal view (left) and ventral view (right); photo by Mark Thurmond

A, spikelet in ventral view; B, spikelet in dorsal view; C, floret in ventral view; D, floret in dorsal view; E, caryopsis in ventral view; F, caryopsis in dorsal view; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

fruiting culm

A-B, spikelets enclosed in leaf sheaths; C–E, spikelets

caryopses in dorsal view (top) and ventral view (bottom)

A, fruiting culm; B–C, spikelet in two views; D, caryopsis in ventral view; E, caryopsis in dorsal view; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

spikelets singly and in clusters, each subtended by a fascicle of bristles