Meadow Crane’s-bill (Geranium pratense) flowers and seed heads illustrating the mechanism by which seeds are catapulted away from the parent plant

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Meadow Crane’s-bill (Geranium pratense) flowers and seed heads illustrating the mechanism by which seeds are catapulted away from the parent plant by the drying fruit. Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.

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Size: 3976px × 5544px
Location: Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © MichaelGrantPlants / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: ballistic, ballochory, barndigital, bill, cranes, cranes-bill, cranesbill, dehiscence, dispersal, distribution, explosive, flower, flowers, geranium, head, meadow, pod, pratense, seed, seeds, uk, wild