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Title
<em>Balanophora fungosa</em> - female flowers
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Balanophora fungosa, female flowers, male flowers
Description
Balanophora fungosa, female flowers
The female flowers on the top half of this flowering stalk of Balanophora fungosa are unbelievably small--they just look like a grains of a white powder. The male flowers have petal-like structures (brownish in color) surrounding the white pollen-bearing portions.

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Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Balanophora fungosa</em>
Location Area
Mossman Gorge, near Cairns
Location State
Queensland
Location Country
Australia
Categories
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