Hesperis matronalis – Dame’s Rocket

Botanical Family Brassicaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

 

Erysimum allionii – Siberian Wallflower

Botanical Family Brassicacaeae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1+

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 18

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Nasturtium – Watercress

 

Botanical Family Brassicaceae

Bloom Time 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color

 

Cardamine diphylla – Crinkleroot

Botanical Family Brassiaceae

Bloom Time March – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad 

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Striate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Cardamine concatenata – Cutleaf Toothwort

Botanical Family Brassicaceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba