Photo of a hand holding a shoot bearing an infructescence. The fruits are each comprised of three partially fused carpels. They are green and immature.

More #OddMonocots: Scheuchzeria palustris is the only sp. of the #Scheuchzeriaceae (#Alismatales). It’s a wetland plant from the circumboreal north. It has the cyanogenic glycoside triglochinin, leaves with apical pores (function?), & inaperturate pollen in dyads. 📷: Rob Rutledge CCBYNC4 #Botany 🌾🧪