Weed
Indian rushpea
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.
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
to obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Olive-brown (lighter yellowish-brown adjacent to the hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
and around the margin of the seed).
Smooth to sandy coated (granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
)
Small hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). is lateral to the basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
point.
With the extended hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). point, the seed shape approaches spatulateSpatulate:
Having a narrow base and rounded apex. Pear-shaped.
. Often, a remnant of the funiculusFuniculus:
The stalk that connects an ovule (seed) to the placenta of the ovary wall.
is present coming from the hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus)..
State Noxious Weed: Kansas
Not included
Fabaceae
Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert
Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth.
Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth. var. capitata Fisher
Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth. var. demissa (A. Gray) Fisher
Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth. var. pringlei Fisher
Hoffmannseggia densiflora Benth. var. stricta (Benth.) Fisher
Hoffmannseggia falcaria Cav.
