Seed & fruit parts of Pomaderris racemosa (0012397)

Description:

Seed sample of Pomaderris racemosa (Slender Dogwood). Mature seeds are typically dark brown. Immature or infested seeds are typically tan brown. White appendage is an elaiosome. This collection shows a syndrome more commonly observed in Pomaderrris apetala where the membraneous operculum fails or only partly develops in the coccarium segments and so fails to release the seed.