Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 688, Potentilla biennis  
 

 

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  Rosaceae Potentilla biennis
Scanned 7 Nov 2011.

The little things that look like beans are individual carpels, each containing a seed. A style is circled in red.

Coll. No. 688, 7 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb (not shrub), to 4 dm, without stolons; Stem some hairs weakly glandular; Leaflets 3; Petals yellow, 1.5 mm; Carpels numerous on a convex receptacle; Styles attached at tip of achene (carpel?), 0.6 mm long, widest at base, bumpy; Achene glabrous.

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