Close-up photo of the palm of a hand holding portions of a seed capsule and dozen of small, black seeds. Each seed has a white aril that is almost as large as the seed.
Ants typically disperse seeds <2 m, far less than the distances achieved by wind or bird dispersal. Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine) is the exception: ants have moved its seeds up to 80 m! These food bodies are worth the walk! 📷: doro64 CCBYNC4 #Papaveraceae #disperal #ant #botany 🌱🌾🧪
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