Plant Bingo – Prince William Sound / Copper Valley – BIOL F190: Intro to Alaska Flora

Needle

Diadelphous

Palmate Venation

porate anther dehiscence

Adnation

Actinomorphic

Connation

Has inferior ovaries *don’t have image of them

I couldn’t find a silique plant. I also don’t know if these images are correct, so please let me know if they aren’t!

-Amanda

Author: Amanda Wygant

Hey everyone! My name is Amanda Wygant. I’m from a small farming community in Alaska called Kenny Lake. I’ve lived here the majority of my life but have also lived in Thailand, Italy, Georgia (the state), West Virginia and Colorado. I will be moving back to Colorado for the winter sometime this next month or so. I’m really excited to hike around and observe the different plants that live there. After winter is over, I will return to Alaska to my seasonal summer job cleaning up marine debris in Prince William Sound. I am taking this class because I love plants, gardening, and foraging! I am very excited to collect berries this year! I’ve begun to find high bush cranberries and Saskatoon berries. I would love to learn more about using medicinal plants and how to properly harvest them as well as how they work with our body. I also hope to get my OEC in Ethnobotany.

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Stefanie Ickert

July 5, 2021 at 8:36 am 3 years ago

Thanks Amanda,
these are great pictures for the Bingo card. Yes, the legume family has diadelphous stamens. Porate or poricidal anther dehiscence is common to Ericaceae (heath family) and Solanaceae (nightshade or potato family). Willows generally have longitudinal anther dehiscence. Aquilegia has superior ovaries, they also have a long nectar spurs. The flower is a little complex, but if you dissect them you would see numerous carpels in the center and the petals [p] inserted below the ovary (as in the image on the right).

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