Texture of the Surface of a Seed, Fruit or Other Disseminule Type
This character refers to small-scale surface patterns. High magnification may be necessary in some cases to discern a pattern. More than one pattern may exist on a disseminule's surface. Choose all that apply.
hairy |
scabrous |
glandular |
tuberculate/papillate |
honeycombed |
hairs may be short or long, sparse or thick |
covered with small projections that are |
having glands, which are secretory structures |
covered with warty, |
a netted pattern of distinctly raised walls (reticulum) surrounding depressed interspaces |
cobblestone-like |
reticulate |
wrinkled |
parallel ridges |
granular |
the netted pattern of walls (reticulum) is at a lower elevation than the raised interspaces |
the netted pattern of walls (reticulum) and interspaces are at ± the same elevation |
irregularly furrowed, ridged or creased |
 a regular pattern of parallel (sometimes concentric) ridges and grooves |
 a grainy surface |
striate |
pitted |
bubble-wrapped |
no distinct texture |
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having fine parallel lines, including those made by shallow grooves and low ridges |
surface with small depressions where the |
covered with bubbles, |
smooth (top) |