Images of Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings

Soldanella to Stokesia


Name Seed Pod Notes Seeds Germination
Method I Used		 Seedling
Soldanella
pusilla

Primulaceae		 Seeds are tiny greenish brown ovals. Many seeds in each pod. Autumn
Outside (166 days)
Solenopsis
axillaris

Campanulaceae

 Seedpod is a long oval on the stalk side of the dead flower. Seeds are tiny brown balls. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Inside (8 days)
Solenostemon
scutellarioides

Lamiaceae

Flame Nettle

 No seedpod. Seeds are inside the bracts around the stem. Seeds are tiny shiny black balls. Summer
Outside (9 days)
Sophora
- many

Papilionaceae		 Seeds are large brown or orange beads. Several seeds in a pod. Nick.&.soak.seed

Winter/Spring
Propagator/Deno
(7-9 days)
Autumn
Outside (132 days)
Sparrmannia
africana

Tiliaceae

African Hemp

 Seeds are dark brown woody chips. Several seeds in a pod. Winter
Propagator (5 days)
Spathodea
campanulata

Bignoniaceae

African Tulip Tree		 Seeds are flat, with a yellow heart, with white papery 'wings'. Many seeds in a pod. Winter
Propagator (13 days)
Staphylea
trifolia

Staphyleaceae

Bladdernut

 Seeds are large, smooth light brown pointed woody drops. Autumn
Outside
(Sorry - lost the record)
Stokesia
laevis

Asteraceae

Stokes' Aster		 Seeds are fat, warm brown, like woody grains of wheat, inside the folded prickly, papery calyx. Many seeds in a seedhead. Autumn
Outside (55 days)

Spring
Outside (22 days)
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