Passion flower bud, Passiflora "incense," with extra-floral nectaries.

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Passion flower bud, Passiflora "incense," with extra-floral nectaries. The nectaries are small dark bumps at the base of the bud. They produce nectar that attracts ants; the ants in return help protect the plant against damage by other insects.

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Size: 4680px × 3589px
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: angiosperm, angiosperms, bud, dicot, dicots, eudicot, eudicots, evolution, extra-floral, extrafloral, islc, mutualism, mutualisms, nectaries, nectary, passiflora, passionflower, plant, plants, symbioses, symbiosis