Lithophragma parviflorum
From Puget Prairie Plants
Seed
Abbreviation: LIPA
'Seed sample from: 2010
Average Measurement: 0.5 x 0.3 x 0.2
Measurement Range: L: 0.3 - 0.6, W: 0.1 - 0.3, D: 0.1 - 0.6
Features
Shape: Seeds very small, hilum puckered, and located at tapered end of seed. Opposite apex also tapered.
Color: Seeds dark brown, and almost black at ridges and wrinkles.
Surface: Seeds have at least one major ridge that extends longitudinally from hilum to opposite apex. Seeds may have some other longitudinal ridging and wrinkling. Seeds very shiny, smooth, and iridescent.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical
