Type of seed capsule, with the length more than three times the width
For other uses, see siliqua (disambiguation).
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Siliquae of Cardamine impatiens
A silique or siliqua (plural siliques or siliquae) is a type of fruit (seed capsule) having two fused carpels with the length being more than three times the width.[1] When the length is less than three times the width of the dried fruit it is referred to as a silicle.[2] The outer walls of the ovary (the valves) usually separate when ripe, then being named dehiscent, and leaving a persistent partition (the replum). Siliques are present in many members of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, but some species have silicles instead. Some species closely related to plants with true siliques have fruits with a similar structure that do not open when ripe; these are usually called indehiscent siliques (compare dehiscence).
Silicles of Lunaria annua – MHNT
Capsella bursa-pastoris with silicles
Indehiscent siliques of radish Raphanus sativus
Silique with seeds of Cardamine occulta
^Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press.
^Kristin Huisinga; Lori Makarick; Kate Watters (2006). River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon. Mountain Press Publishing Company. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-0-87842-523-5.
A silique or siliqua (plural siliques or siliquae) is a type of fruit (seed capsule) having two fused carpels with the length being more than three times...
brown, translucent, disc-shaped siliques (not true botanical seedpods), sometimes called moonpennies. When a silique is ripe and dry, a valve on each...
Fruits can develop out of cross-pollination or self-pollination, and are silique structured, that open at maturity through dehiscence or drying to bare...
long, called a silique, green maturing to pale grey brown, containing two rows of small shiny black seeds which are released when a silique splits open....
are ejected out in a shower due to the tension formed as the seed pod (silique) dries. It grows on walls, open ground in shady places in forests usually...
dry, capsular, formed of two long follicles, and opens lengthwise like a silique. Many cultivars have been created: Sundaville® 'Moulin Rouge' with red...
the plant produce glabrous or sparsely bristled seed pods. Each fruit (silique) contains roughly a half dozen seeds. The plants are harvested for their...
each under a centimeter long. The fruit is a knoblike spherical ribbed silique borne on a long pedicel with a widened area where it joins the fruit. USDA...
to overtop the flowers. The fruit is a long (3-8 cm) narrow cylindrical silique which stays green when ripe and is slightly torulose (i.e. with lumps where...
plants; these fruits include capsules, follicles, legumes, silicles and siliques. When fruits do not open and release their seeds in a regular fashion,...
yellow petals each measuring just under a centimeter long. The fruit is a silique up to 3.5 centimeters in length containing tiny seeds. This plant is allelopathic...
and style. Two of the six stamens have shorter filaments. The fruit is a silique that opens at maturity through dehiscence to reveal brown or black seeds...
the tips of the stem branches are tiny yellow flowers. The fruit is a silique one half to two centimeters long upon a threadlike pedicel. This plant...
sepals. The fruit is a silique 3–5 cm long with a beak 1–2 cm long that is flattened-quadrangular. The valves of the silique are glabrous or rarely bristly...
with four lavender to deep pink petals. The fruit is an inflated, hairy silique up to two centimeters long. A. deltoidea is cultivated as groundcover,...
fruit like a siliqua, but stouter, not more than twice as long as wide. silique siliqua A dry, dehiscent fruit (in contrast to a silicula, more than twice...
flowers at the tip of each stem branch. The fruit is a straight, narrow silique up to 5 centimeters long. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the...
hermaphroditic and pollinated by bees and butterflies. The fruit is a silique 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) long. This species is native to the Mediterranean...
vegetable in various dishes.[citation needed] The seeds of radishes grow in siliques (widely referred to as "pods"), following flowering that happens when left...
capsules that open with two valves, usually towards the top. These are called silique if at least three times longer than wide, or silicle if the length is less...
is white to yellow. In late summer or autumn the fruit appear; they are siliques about 20–50 centimetres (8–20 in) long, full of small flat seeds, each...
flowers with yellow petals just a few millimeters long. The fruit is an oval silique up to about a centimeter long and containing several seeds. "Lady Bird...
bears several yellow flowers. The fruit is a flat, twisted, oval-shaped silique under a centimeter long containing a few unwinged seeds. Jepson Manual...
flowers with yellowish sepals and four yellow petals. The fruit is a narrow silique which is torulose, or constricted between the seeds. Blooming occurs in...
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Silicles of Lunaria annua – MHNT
Capsella bursa-pastoris with silicles
Indehiscent siliques of radish Raphanus sativus
Silique with seeds of Cardamine occulta
