Seed reference record
Lipochaeta connata subsp. connata
Asteraceae · Endemic
Close-up
One seed, filling the frame, focus-stacked. This is where surface texture, hilum position and sculpturing are legible — the characters that separate close relatives.
Pair
Two seeds, usually showing different faces. Many seeds are flattened on one side where they pressed against a neighbour, and a single view hides that.
Cluster
Several seeds together at lower magnification. Shows the range of size and colour within one collection, which a single specimen never does.
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Measured
- 3–3.5 mm
- length
- 1.2–1.7 mm
- width
- 1.4–2 mg
- mass
- Lipochaeta
- genus
Storage behaviour
orthodox
Desiccation-tolerant. Can be dried below 12% moisture and stored at freezing temperatures.
Whether a seed can be dried and frozen decides whether it can be banked at all — which is the first question a seed laboratory asks and one no identification tool usually answers.
Dormancy
No pre-treatment recorded.
Seeds of a similar size
An unknown seed of this size could be any of these. That is the practical value of a measured reference set: it says what a specimen might be confused with, and by how little.
Tetramolopium humile subsp. humile2.75–3.7 mm · Endemic
Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. paludosus3–3.4 mm · Indigenous- Stenogyne rugosa3–3.6 mm · Endemic
Phyllostegia parviflora var. parviflora2.85–3.4 mm · Endemic
Tetramolopium humile subsp. haleakalae2.65–3.6 mm · Endemic
Dubautia knudsenii subsp. nagatae3.3–3.6 mm · Endemic