Dandelion pappus (Taraxacum officinale), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is the top of one of the hundreds of seeds attached to a da

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Dandelion pappus (Taraxacum officinale), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is the top of one of the hundreds of seeds attached to a dandelion seedhead. It shows the parachute of fine hairs (radiating lines, pappus) by which the seed is lifted from the seed head and carried away by the wind. Magnification: x53 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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Size: 4850px × 3638px
Photo credit: © PETER BOND, EM CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: angiosperm, angiosperms, biological, biology, botanical, botany, brown, close-, colored, coloured, dandelion, detail, dispersal, false-colored, false-coloured, flora, flowering, nature, officinale, pappus, part, plant, plants, radial, reproduction, reproductive, seed, seedhead, seeds, sem, symmetry, taraxacum, wind