Planting unit

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.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

• Length: 3.5 mm
• Width: 2.5 mm
• Thickness: 2 mm

Color

Dark brown

Texture

Ribs short and transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
and sometimes woolly pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.

Other structures

Collar remnants on apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns