Agricultural, Flower
safflower
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.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
White with light yellow ridges
Smooth
Four yellow longitudinal ridges; lateral 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.
are white, smooth, glossy; four longitudinal ridges often forming four bumps near the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
, ridges sometimes light yellow. Scar lateral, along ridge, slightly depressed. Style deciduous, style base round. PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma.
of several rows of narrow scales, deciduous.
Not listed
Included
Asteraceae
Carthamus tinctorius L.