Species category

Vegetable

Common name

spinach

Diagnostic characters

Identification notes

Seed unitSeed unit:
The structure usually regarded as a seed in planting practices and in commercial channels, consisting of a true seed with or without accessory structures, as defined in Section 2.6 of the AOSA Rules. See also true seed.
is the entire fruitFruit:
A mature ovary and any associated parts.
which encloses the 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.
; this condition is found in either a 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).
or 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.
. It was not determined if the seed is attached to the pericarpPericarp:
Fruit wall; derived from the ovary wall.
or not.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature