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Lamiaceae

 11-Physostegia fruits

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This is a close-up an inflorescence in fruit (technically an infructescence) of Physostegia virginiana. The calyx lobes are persistent. Part of the calyx has been dissected away on several units to show the nutlets inside. Each of the 4 segments of the ovary mature into a nutlet.
Photo by K. R. Robertson.
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