Your search found 31 image(s) illustrating the term "follicle." For a written explanation, click on "follicle" in the Glossary.
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
To go to the plant's detail page, click its name.
)
Eastern Columbine,
Aquilegia canadensis
Each follicle resembles a slender capsule and contains many seeds, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers (Phillips, 1985).
)
Eastern Columbine,
Aquilegia canadensis
Right after the flowers, 5 light green papery follicles are evident, per Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers (Phillips, 1985).
)
Dwarf Larkspur,
Delphinium tricorne
Follicles several-seeded, ellipsoid, beaked, divergent, glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Appalachian Blue Monkshood,
Aconitum uncinatum
Follicles sparsely pubescent to glabrate, 8-12mm long, 5-6mm broad; pedicles short hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
False Rue-anemone,
Enemion biternatum
Fruit is a cluster of four pod-like follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
)
Common Black Cohosh,
Actaea racemosa
Follicles 5-8mm long, 4-5mm broad, broadly ellipsoid, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Mountain Black Cohosh,
Actaea podocarpa
Follicles 8-15mm long, 4-8mm broad, glabrous, compressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Sweetbay,
Magnolia virginiana +
Fruit a cone-like aggregate of dark red, ellipsoid follicles, about 2" long, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Seeds bright red, each suspended from follicle by a slender elastic thread, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Southern Magnolia,
Magnolia grandiflora
Fruit a pubescent, cone-like aggregate of follicles, rosy red at maturity, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Fraser Magnolia,
Magnolia fraseri
Fruit an aggregate of follicles, bright red when mature, glabrous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Umbrella Magnolia,
Magnolia tripetala
Fruits conelike, 6-15cm long, an aggregate of leathery follicles, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
)
Florida Star-anise,
Illicium floridanum
Fruit an aggregate of radially arranged follicles, per Flora of North America.
)
Appalachian False Goatsbeard,
Astilbe biternata
Fruit erect, lanceolate follicles, 0.15-.2" long, borne on a large panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Northern Toothache Tree,
Zanthoxylum americanum
Fruits are bumpy pods (follicles) about 5-8mm long, reddish [when mature], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
)
Eastern Bluestar,
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Fruits are paired, erect, linear follicles 2-4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Climbing Dogbane,
Thyrsanthella difformis
Fruit long slender follicles usually borne in pairs [Note paired peduncles], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
)
Indian-hemp,
Apocynum cannabinum
The slender follicles are about 4" long and usually paired, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Indian-hemp,
Apocynum cannabinum
Paired follicles are pendent and slender, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Eastern Swamp Milkweed,
Asclepias incarnata var. pulchra
Follicles smooth, 6-10cm long, erect on erect pedicels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Whorled Milkweed,
Asclepias verticillata
Narrow spindle-shaped follicles, 2-3" long, dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Butterfly Milkweed,
Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa
Follicles erect, 8-15 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Poke Milkweed,
Asclepias exaltata
SC's only milkweed w smooth, broad, stalked leaves & smooth erect follicles, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
)
Wavyleaf Milkweed,
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Follicles 4-6" long; seeds w silky tufts of hair that aid in dspersal, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Glade Milkweed,
Asclepias viridiflora
Follicles erect, 9-13cm long, 1-2cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Bluevine,
Cynanchum laeve
Follicles smooth, lance-ovoid, 11-16cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The fruit is a large tapering follicle with conspicuously angled sutures, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
)
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
Fruits are smooth angled follicles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Eastern Anglepod,
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
The follicles are dehiscent along 1 suture, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Carolina Spinypod,
Matelea carolinensis
Follicles muricate, usually 9-11cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Carolina Spinypod,
Matelea carolinensis
The surface of the follicle is roughened by pointed spines, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).