Close-up of the seed head of the willow herb, Epilobium sp. , a wild flower also known as fire weed. Each of the seeds bears a crown of feathery strea

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Close-up of the seed head of the willow herb, Epilobium sp. , a wild flower also known as fire weed. Each of the seeds bears a crown of feathery streamers which keeps it afloat in the air and so aids wind dispersal.

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Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: botany, dispersal, dispersed, epilobium, fireweed, head, herb, nature, pappus, part, parts, plant, plants, reproduction, reproductive, seed, seedhead, seeds, structure, willow, wind