Spreading the Word
Typical Appearances
Briefing
Prevention
First Aid
Medical Care
Identification
About the Author
Stems
Reproduction
Foliage
Risk ManagementBiochemistry
Anecdotes
Bibliography
Appendices
Reproductive Structures
The Blossoms
Blossom buds, showing the little green leaves (sepals)
between petal bases:
This is the way blossoming plants look in late April, at the peak of blooming; in the right photo the leaves have been removed:
This is one stalk of female flowers:
Close up the subulate filaments, each containing a tube of the black poison, are seen guarding the ovary (what will become the seed):
Here is a male flower stalk:
And heres a close up:
