Dried grass seed head.
If you look at the original size, you might be able to see that each fine bristle is lined with tiny (and I do mean tiny) saw-tooth projections. Nature is amazing!
(To provide some sense of scale, I believe the entire seed head was 3-4 inches long, so each bristle was 1-2 inches long.)
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 27, 2012
If you look at the original size, you might be able to see that each fine bristle is lined with tiny (and I do mean tiny) saw-tooth projections. Nature is amazing!
(To provide some sense of scale, I believe the entire seed head was 3-4 inches long, so each bristle was 1-2 inches long.)
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 27, 2012
Dried grass seed head.
If you look at the original size, you might be able to see that each fine bristle is lined with tiny (and I do mean tiny) saw-tooth projections. Nature is amazing!
(To provide some sense of scale, I believe the entire seed head was 3-4 inches long, so each bristle was 1-2 inches long.)
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 27, 2012
If you look at the original size, you might be able to see that each fine bristle is lined with tiny (and I do mean tiny) saw-tooth projections. Nature is amazing!
(To provide some sense of scale, I believe the entire seed head was 3-4 inches long, so each bristle was 1-2 inches long.)
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
November 27, 2012
See photo in original gallery.