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Fruits

 27-Nutlets, Physostegia

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Nutlets are just small nuts, especially such as these found in the mint family (Lamiaceae). They are one-seeded.

These are the fruits of a prairie plant, Physostegia virginiana, obedient plant or false dragonhead.

Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants growing wild in an Illinois prairie.
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