Flower, Weed
scarlet sage
NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Light brown with dense black mottling
Rough and granularGranular:
Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is on a truncated base. The apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
is often lumpy.
Both dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
and ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
sides are rounded.
Not listed
Not included
Lamiaceae
Salvia splendens Sellow ex Roem. & Schult.