Reproductive Flowering Plant Structures

Reproductive Structures Harvest entire structure when seeds appear Grasses: fruits and seeds develop from flowers; check the flowering portions of the grass to see if seeds are developing; collect the entire flowering structure when the seeds are developed Cut here (USDA Plant Database image of redtop http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=agal3_002_avd.tif )

Reproductive Structures Cut here Non-Grasses: fruits and seeds develop from flowers; check the flowering portions of the grass to see if seeds are developing; collect the entire flowering structure when the seeds are developed Harvest entire structure when seeds appear USDA Plants Database Image http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=melu_001_avd.tif