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Scientific Name Polemonium occidentale and Saltugilia latimeri
Comments Typical Polemoniaceae flowers. A. Polemonium occidentale, fresh flowers. The three stigmatic lobes, indicating that three carpels form the ovary, are apparent in the topmost flower. Inset is a close up of the ovary, resting on a thin nectary disk. B. Saltugilia latimeri, pressed flower rehydrated in Pohl's solution and dissected. Inset is a close-up of the three stigmatic lobes with long papillae and several pollen grains attached. From L-R : open corolla showing five stamens attached to corolla tube, calyx tube with five segments joined by a thin membrane, and ovary with style and three stigmatic lobes.
Body Part flowers
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Attached to Group Polemonium (Polemoniaceae): view page image collection
Saltugilia latimeri (Saltugilia): view page image collection
Title flowers1.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Body Parts
ID 5754
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