Dispersal
Seeds come in as many different shapes, sizes and designs as the plants they are to become. They float, they fly, they stick and they burst. A photographic exploration of the structures and dispersal of seeds.
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon/meadow salsify/
showy goat’s beard/meadow goat’s beard, Tragopogon pratensis. Sourced in Suffolk
Devil’s Claw/grapple plant/wood spider, Harpagophytum procumbens. Collected by David Livingstone - Economic Collection at Kew Gardens
Wild carrot/bird’s nest/bishop’s lace, Daucus carota. Sourced from Hyde Hall
Apple-of-Peru/shoofly, Nicandra physalodes. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate
Apple-of-Peru/shoofly, Nicandra physalodes. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate
Greater burdock, Arctium lappa. Sourced from Queenswood Community Garden, Highgate
Honesty, Lunaria Annua. Sourced from Victoria Chown
Vegetable ivory nuts/elephant nuts, phytelephas macrocarpa. Sourced from the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens
Left: West Indian Gherkin/maroon cucumber/cackrey, cucumis anguria. Sourced from RHS Hyde Hall / Right: Caigua/achocha/stuffing cucumber/slipper gourd, Cyclanthera pedate. Sourced from RHS Hyde Hall
Left: Williams’ Tiger Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris. / Right: Job’s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi.
Water caltrop/buffalo nut/bat nut/devil pod/ling nut, trapaceae trapa natans. Collected by Charles Darwin - Economic Collection at Kew Gardens
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