Genetics in the wild
I've been calling these sunflowers, but they may be rosin weed. Sigh. These yellow flowers are a bit like little brown shore birds - they don't have ID tags. At least, they don't have ID tags that I can figure out.
Anyway, you can see the top flowers are double blossoms - they have more petals than the bloom below. This is because the genes that says to produce the stamen and carpel are either deleted or damaged, and so more petals are produced. That's all the science I have for today!
Genetics in the wild
I've been calling these sunflowers, but they may be rosin weed. Sigh. These yellow flowers are a bit like little brown shore birds - they don't have ID tags. At least, they don't have ID tags that I can figure out.
Anyway, you can see the top flowers are double blossoms - they have more petals than the bloom below. This is because the genes that says to produce the stamen and carpel are either deleted or damaged, and so more petals are produced. That's all the science I have for today!