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In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur
Larkspur

The term Larkspur may refer to:*The common name of two closely related plant genera Consolida and Delphinium in the family Ranunculaceae...
, magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
, banksia
Banksia

Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. Iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plants, they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads, and can vary from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres tall....
, peony
Peony

The peony or paeony is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America....
 and milkweed.

It is rare to meet with a solitary follicle forming the fruit. There are usually several aggregated together, either in a whorl on a shortened receptacle, as in hellebore
Hellebore

Commonly known as Hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial plant flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae....
, aconite
Aconite

Aconite may refer to:*Aconitum, a plant genus containing the monkshoods*Aconitine, a toxin derived from some of the Aconitum genus plants...
, larkspur
Larkspur

The term Larkspur may refer to:*The common name of two closely related plant genera Consolida and Delphinium in the family Ranunculaceae...
, columbine
Aquilegia

Aquilegia is a genus of about 60-70 species of columbines, herbaceous perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere....
 or the order Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae

The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons. They store water in their succulent leaves. They are found worldwide, but mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa, typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce....
, or in a spiral manner on an elongated receptacle, as in Magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
 and Banksia
Banksia

Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. Iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plants, they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads, and can vary from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres tall....
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In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur
Larkspur

The term Larkspur may refer to:*The common name of two closely related plant genera Consolida and Delphinium in the family Ranunculaceae...
, magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
, banksia
Banksia

Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. Iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plants, they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads, and can vary from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres tall....
, peony
Peony

The peony or paeony is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America....
 and milkweed.

It is rare to meet with a solitary follicle forming the fruit. There are usually several aggregated together, either in a whorl on a shortened receptacle, as in hellebore
Hellebore

Commonly known as Hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial plant flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae....
, aconite
Aconite

Aconite may refer to:*Aconitum, a plant genus containing the monkshoods*Aconitine, a toxin derived from some of the Aconitum genus plants...
, larkspur
Larkspur

The term Larkspur may refer to:*The common name of two closely related plant genera Consolida and Delphinium in the family Ranunculaceae...
, columbine
Aquilegia

Aquilegia is a genus of about 60-70 species of columbines, herbaceous perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere....
 or the order Crassulaceae
Crassulaceae

The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons. They store water in their succulent leaves. They are found worldwide, but mostly occur in the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa, typically in dry and/or cold areas where water may be scarce....
, or in a spiral manner on an elongated receptacle, as in Magnolia
Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the Family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species i...
 and Banksia
Banksia

Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. Iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plants, they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads, and can vary from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres tall....
. Occasionally, follicles dehisce by the dorsal suture, as in Magnolia grandiflora and Banksia.

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