Vegetable
salsify, purple salsify, common salsify, goatsbeard
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
OvateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.
, long; curved, beak
Light brown
Most ribbed with tubercules; some smooth.
Long beak, longitudinal ribs, lateral oriented scar
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. long ovateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest. to oblanceolate, strongly beaked and slightly curved. Surface with strong longitudinal ribs which carry uniform tubercules from top to bottom. Some individual achenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. are smooth with no ribs. Color is light brown. Scar is large and somewhat lateral. Beaks tend to stay attached in this species.
Not listed
Not included
Asteraceae
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
