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Title
<em>Hemitomes congestum</em>
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Hemitomes congestum
Description
Hemitomes congestum
The upper portion of a flower of Hemitomes just as it opens reveals that the anthers are still closed, but the yellow stigma is sticky and looks receptive. If this is true, the flower would have to be pollinated by pollen from another flower. That's a way in which cross-pollination between plants could be achieved. Nobody knows what insect pollinates Hemitomes.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Hemitomes congestum</em>
Common Name
Gnome Plant
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