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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