Small-flowered Cranesbill, Geranium pusillum
Family: Geraniaceae Pollen Grain Morphology: Coarse, dense baculae and clavae, Tricolpate Pollen Grain Size: 62.4 + 2.3 µm by 61.4 + 2.4 µm
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Catchweed Bedstraw, Galium aparine
Family: Rubiaceae Pollen Grain Morphology: Stephanocolpate, slightly verrucate or sub-reticulate Pollen Grain Size: (polar) 27.2 µm by 24.5 µm And these two photos are potentially another Galium species (unconfirmed species ID). They are ...
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Field Pansy, Viola bicolor
Family: Violaceae Pollen Grain Morphology: Stephanocolpate Pollen Grain Size: 58.3 + 4 µm by 55.1 + 2 µm
Common Mallow, Malva neglecta
Family: Malvaceae Pollen Grain Morphology: Periporate, echinate with long spines Pollen Grain Size: (polar) 73.9 + 1.8 µm by 70 + 1.3 µm
White Water Lily, Nymphaea alba
Some of the most interesting looking pollen grains. Family: Nymphaeaceae Pollen Grain Morphology: Baculate, subspherical to slightly elongate, moncolpate Pollen Grain Size (polar): 31.5 µm by 25.9 µm (equatorial): 28 + 1.6 µm by ...
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