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setSC-Helosis-2
Title
<em>Helosis</em>
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Helosis
Description
Helosis
The orange-colored polygonal scales of the inflorescence of this Helosis (found near Iquitos, Peru) are beginning to fall off. Revealed underneath are tiny white dots--female flowers. They are among the smallest flowers, if not the smallest flowers, of any flowering plant in the world.

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Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: Carlquist, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Helosis</em>
Location State
Iquitos
Location Country
Peru
Categories
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