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Ranunculaceae

 13-Hepatica achenes

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Developing fruits of Hepatica nobilis. The sepals and stamens have fallen off the flower, the bracts have remained, and the carpels (which in this genus have only one ovule) are developing into achenes.
Photo by K. R. Robertson at Hanover Bluff Nature Preserve, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
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