Lampranthus reptans fruit

The fresh Lampranthus reptans fruit has a fleshy, shallow dome in the centre. It is shiny pink on top with pale, orange-brown patches indicating the start of gradual drying. There is a whitish, angular dot in the centre and a white ring around the dome along the top of the fruit-skin.

A five-pointed star of narrow indentations in the centre denotes the borders of the five locules of the developing capsule, within which the seeds are growing.

Around this neat, geometric central structure the desiccated remains of the now brown sepals contrast in their shapelessness, resembling military vehicles after landmine explosions (Manning, 2007; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; iNaturalist).