Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed

Botanical Family Apocynaceae

Bloom Time June-August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 0-1

Aperture Type Inaperturate

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

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Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Aralia spinosa – Devils Walking Stick

 

Botanical Family Araliaceae

Bloom Time  July – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color Cream, White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

Aconitum uncinatum–Southern Blue Monkshood

 

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time July–November

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size

Shape Triangular