Goats Beard Seeds
by Perennou Nuridsany
Title
Goats Beard Seeds
Artist
Perennou Nuridsany
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A parachute-borne seed leaves the seedhead of a goat's beard or Johnny-go-to-bed-at-noon plant (Tragopogon sp.). Each individual seed is attached to a parachute of fine hairs, known as a pappus, which is lifted from the seed head and carried away by the wind. This type of seed dispersal is typical of the Compositae, the family of plants to which the goat's beard belongs.
Uploaded
June 25th, 2018
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Goats Beard Seeds. Click here to post the first comment.