Flower
twogrooved milkvetch
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 mitten shaped, divergent radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
Greenish brown with yellow adjacent hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
Smooth with undulating surface
Divergent radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat. lobe is recurved toward seed.
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). is located deep in marginal cleft between the cotyledonCotyledon:
The modified storage leaf or pair of leaves of an embryo and seedling (see primary leaf).
and radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat. lobes. The radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat. tip is thick and turned inward towards the cotyledonary lobe. Overall shape is ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic. with the deep marginal notch making the seed appear mitten-shaped. No noticeable "furrow" line.
State Noxious Weed: Hawaii
Not included
Fabaceae
Astragalus bisulcatus (Hook.) A. Gray
