Spear-leaved Orache

Spear-leaved Orache on waste
ground, Dorset

Close-up of clusters of male and
female flowers

Close-up of male flowers

Close-up of male flower - small tepals and 5 paired anthers

Flower clusters showing female flowers

Close-up of female flower bracteoles

Female flowers and developing fruits

Close-up of bracteoles enclosing fruits

Close-up of fruits enclosing seeds

Clusters of triangular toothed fruits

Leaves

Hastate lower eaf

Upper and lower leaves

Leaf with part mealy appearance

Close-up of mealiness

Non-mealy leaf and red grooved stem

Grooved and partly reddish stem

Spear-leaved Orache - Chesil beach in autumn

On the drift line - causeway, Isle of Portland, Dorset