Difference between revisions of "Camassia quamash"

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'''Surface:''' Seeds frequently pitted, glossy, and heavily wrinkled.  CAQU tends to be more lustrous than CALEI.  Seeds have a ridge that runs from hilum to opposite end.
 
'''Surface:''' Seeds frequently pitted, glossy, and heavily wrinkled.  CAQU tends to be more lustrous than CALEI.  Seeds have a ridge that runs from hilum to opposite end.
  
'''Could be confused with:''' ''Camassia leichtlinii''
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'''Could be confused with:''' ''Camassia leichtlinii'' or ''Brodiaea coronaria''
  
  
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'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' obovate [[File:CAQU-long.png]]
 
'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' obovate [[File:CAQU-long.png]]
  
Could be confused with: ''Camassia leichtlinii'' or ''Brodiaea coronaria''.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:43, 27 February 2012

Seed

Camassia quamash

Abbreviation: CAQU

Seed sample from: 2011

Average Measurement: 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.8

Features

Shape: Narrow at hilum end, broadening out to a more rounded opposite end. CAQU slightly smaller than CALEI.

Color: Seeds black. Hilum more conspicuously contrasting seed color in CALEI than CAQU.

Surface: Seeds frequently pitted, glossy, and heavily wrinkled. CAQU tends to be more lustrous than CALEI. Seeds have a ridge that runs from hilum to opposite end.

Could be confused with: Camassia leichtlinii or Brodiaea coronaria


Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical CAQU-lat.png

Longitudinal Cross Section: obovate CAQU-long.png


Basic Explanations and Assumptions:

The dimensions for the seeds are length x width x depth. The location of the hilum is used as the base of the seed, and the length is measured from hilum to the opposite apex. Where a style is present, the length is measured from the hilum to the bottom of the style. Width is measured at a right angle to the length at the widest part. Depth is measured at a right angle to the intersection of height and width lines.

Measurements included are the mean average for each measurement of ten separate seeds.

All measurements in millimeters unless otherwise noted.