I've written about plants in the Mallow family before (and I'll do so again), but these photos from Marty really show the fruits in their glory.
All together now: The fruit is the thing with the seed(s)!
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| Photo by Marty Horowitz 1/10/2016 |
These are the fruits of Wild (aka Desert) Cotton (Gossypium thurberi). Note the chambers; they contain the seeds. You can even see the sparse cotton fibers inside the chambers. Very cool.
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| Photo by Marty Horowitz 12/30/2015 |
These fruits are from the Indian Mallow Abutilon reventum. There are four species of Abutilon in Sabino; this one has large, very soft leaves. And the fruits are rounded at the top, as you see here, and have multiple (more than 5, usually 10-12) chambers.
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