Aeonium sedifolium, floral features

    Aeonium sedifolium, floral features
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Francelle van Zyl

    Seen close-up, the Aeonium sedifolium flowers reveal the rings of globose yellow anthers at the ends of yellow filaments, the male floral parts.

    They encircle the smaller, more erect rings or crowns of female parts. These are the chubby ovaries topped by short styles that end in white dot stigmas.

    The petals bend back, removing all impediments to the progress of pollinators like honeybees in accessing the flowers (Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; iNaturalist; Wikipedia; https://www.llifle.com; https://worldofsucculents.com).

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