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Magnified 403X, this scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image revealed some of the morphologic ultrastructure found on the petal of an unidentified specie of spiderwort flower, Tradescantia sp. Note the myriad of textures comprising the petal’s surface, a structure that is actually a modified leaf. The three petals of this particular specie of Tradescantia were colored blue-violet, accented by six bright yellow, pollen producing anthers, which sat atop the ends of their complementary blue-violet filaments. This micrograph was produced in the month of March, for the flowers bloom in springtime, and were founds growing on the grounds of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Janice Haney Carr, Betsy Crane
Creation Date: 2006
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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