Botanical Family Asteraceae
Bloom Time August – December
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Semitectate
Size
Shape Round
Botanical Family Asteraceae
Bloom Time July–November
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Tectate
Size
Shape Round
Botanical Family Asteraceae
Bloom Time July – November
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Semitectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba
Botanical Family Asteraceae
Bloom Time August – September
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color
Pollen Source • •
Nectar Source • •
Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba
Botanical Family Liliaceae
Bloom Time April
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Semitectate
Size
Shape Round
Pollen Color
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
Botanical Family Solanaceae
Bloom Time July – Frost
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Striate
Tectum Eutectate
Size
Shape Oval
Botanical Family Iridaceae
Bloom Time September – November
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number N/A
Aperture Type Inaperturate
Ornamentation Striate, Porate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color Orange
Pollen Source • • •
Nectar Source • • •
Botanical Family Lamiaceae
Bloom Time July-September
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Colpus
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color
Botanical Family Commelinaceae
Bloom Time July – September
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 0-1
Aperture Type Inaperturate
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Oval
Pollen Color Yellow, Blue, Brown
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
The pollen from Commelina communis is polymorphic, meaning that the pollen, and often the anthers as well, come in different colors. In this case, Commelina has yellow, blue, or brown anthers and pollens (Willner 2011). Commelina communis has sterile, or fodder pollen, as well as fertile pollen, and these different types of pollen can have different colors even on the same flower head.
Willmer, P. (2011). Pollination and floral ecology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Lunau, K. (1995). Notes on the colour of pollen. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 198(3/4), 235-252. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/23642852
Botanical Family Asteraceae
Bloom Time May – October
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Echinate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um) 43
Shape Round
Pollen Color Tan, Light Yellow, Cream
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
Cichorium intybus is typically found on the head and antennae of a forging bee, along with in the pollen basket.
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