Lagerstroemia fruit (loculicidal capsule) by rhoing

Lagerstroemia fruit (loculicidal capsule)

[Yeah, I copied that "loculi… capsule" part from a plant web site!]
I think this is a "Crape Myrtle" (or "Crepe Myrtle" or "crapemyrtle") plant. I don't think the "wedges" are the actual seeds, but I could certainly be wrong! Not the sharpest photo, but it was windy! I probably should have made the shutter speed faster, but then I would have lost depth of field very quickly. Tradeoffs...

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282496 »
“Genus name honors Magnus von Lagerstroem (1691–1759), Swedish botanist, Director of the Swedish East Indies Company and friend of Linnaeus.

“Specific epithet means of the Indies in reference to native territory.

“Common name is in reference to the crepe-papery inflorescences and the myrtle-like (Myrtus communis) features of the bark and foliage.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/taxpage/0/0/79/binomial/Lagerstroemia%20indica.html

See also: Lagerstroemia indica 'Muskogee' page at Missouri Botanical Garden: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=e265

1 year ago (“Plumbago auriculata (‘Cape leadwort’)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-12
2 years ago (“It was a one-shot day”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-12
3 years ago (“Abstract in Blue”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-12
4 years ago (“Spiroaira”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-12

[ IMG_103_6262TsS12x9tm :: f/5 :: 1/40" :: ISO 200 ]
Very cool shot Thom!
March 28th, 2015  
Very cool.
March 29th, 2015  
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