Hellebore Bud
by Steve Lowry/science Photo Library
Title
Hellebore Bud
Artist
Steve Lowry/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
False coloured light micrograph of a cross section of a developing Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) bud. Hellebores are evergreen plants belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Flowers are white, pink, purple or green and are composed of 5 petals. The tepals surround multiple bilobed anthers within which the male component of the flowers, the pollen grains, develop. The substantial female component of the flower, the pistil, is lobed and located centrally. Magnification: x8.3 at 10 cm wide.
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September 21st, 2018
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