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Title
<em>Hemitomes congestum</em>
Author
Sherwin Carlquist Santa Barbara California USA
Keywords
Hemitomes congestum
Description
Hemitomes congestum
The stamens and stigma of Hemitomes, surrounded by petals. A sepal is at the left. The anthers are shedding pollen grains, which cling together in irregular groups rather than separate. The sticky nature of the pollen grains helps them adhere to hairs on an insect.

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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>Hemitomes congestum</em>
Common Name
Gnome Plant
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