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Salicaceae

 8-Salix fruits

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The syncarpous gynoecium of Salix develops into a loculicidal capsule. These are young fruits just beginning to split open, revealing the extremely numerous comose (hairy) seeds. This species is Salix exigua, sandbar willow.
Photo by K. R. Robertson from plants of plants collected in Tazewell County, Illinois.
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