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Image Title: Wild rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Image Credit: Allison A. Snow, Ohio State University
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Allison A. Snow, BSA
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About the Image

Wild rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos): flowers at left; close-up view of stigma at right, where excess pollen grains typically deposited by bees germinate and the resulting pollen tubes must compete for ovules.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Individual variation in the vigor of self pollen and selfed progeny in Hibiscus moscheutos (Malvaceae)

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