-
adapted for the
consumption of
seedheads, with a
conical beak to
remove the
seeds and
agile feet to grip the
stems of
seedheads while feeding. It is a social...
- pale pink
flowers are
borne in spring,
followed by
translucent oval
seedheads,
often used in
flower arranging. It is
cultivated as a
garden plant, and...
- In botany,
infructescence (fruiting head) is
defined as the
ensemble of
fruits derived from the
ovaries of an inflorescence. It
usually retains the size...
- the leaves,
Skiploom resembling the
flower and
Jumpluff resembling the
seedheads. The line's
names were
partially created by
English translator for the...
- are
attached to white,
fluffy "parachutes"
which easily detach from the
seedhead and
glide by wind, dispersing. In general, the
leaves are 5–25 centimetres...
-
Native American medicine for
various ailments. The roots,
though not the
seedheads, can be used much like the
related Echinacea purpurea with unsubstantiated...
-
flowers above the
female (pistillate)
flowers Mature seedheads in late summer,
Romania Mature seedheads in late summer, Lappeenranta,
Finland Seed head with...
- But
perhaps most
efficient in
destroying developing yellow starthistle seedheads is the
larva of the
yellow starthistle hairy weevil (Eustenopus villosus)...
-
generally referred to as the
quaking gr****es
because the
flowers and
seedheads shake on
their stalks in the
slightest breeze. Some of its
members are...
-
Bangasternus fausti is a
species of true
weevil known as the broad-nosed seed head weevil. It is used as an
agent of
biological pest
control against noxious...
