Planting unit

CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).

Shape

EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.

Size

• Length 6–11 mm
• Width 3–4 mm
• Thickness 2–3 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Smooth with a tuft of hair at apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.

Lemma

Not visible

Palea

Not visible

Other structures

CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
often in spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
with glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
equal to floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
in length. EmbryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
is pointed.

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Triticum monococcum L. [excluded]