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Blow wives Achyrachaena mollis Back to Asteraceae of Orange County, California The white structures are not flowers or florets but disk fruits, produced from the disk florets and each carrying a "pappus" with 10 shiny white scales. The scales catch the wind, allowing dispersal of the single-seeded fruits. The ray florets produce club-shaped black structures with no white appendages, and are not visible in these pictures. |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 5/14/10. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 4/7/11. © Joan Avise |
UCI Ecological Reserve, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 5/14/10. © Joan Avise |