Weed
blackseed plantain, Rugel's plantain
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Irregularly ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Black with a white hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
Rough with a trace of reticulum
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). is medial in convex ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side.
A trace of the embryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
can be seen through the dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
side. The margins are angular so that the shape of "ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic." does not fit very well
State Noxious Weed: Alaska, Connecticut, Mississippi, Washington
Included
Plantaginaceae
Plantago rugelii Decne.
