Persian silk tree
Albizia julibrissin
Persian silk tree grains are also more than 15 times bigger than forget-me-not ones.
Pine
The pollen of this family coats cars with yellow-green dust—though this particular grain landed on an unhatched insect egg. It floats through the air, sperm carried by two pale "balloons." Such wind-borne pollen causes misery for allergy sufferers in much of the world, where it falls heavily, as it has for millions of years.
Silver leaf tree
Proteaceae
Silver leaf tree grains have a sticky coating that bonds them to animal carriers.
Pollen comes in many forms and sizes. The diameter of a pumpkin pollen grain (at center) is as thick as a dollar bill. The tiny speck at its lower right is a grain of forget-me-not pollen.
Willow
A grain of Salix caprea pollen has missed its mark. Wedged between flower petals, it will die. While some grains will be flung into the air as springtime breezes swirl the willow leaves, others will stick to the backs of bees and find their way
Indian mallow
Abutilon pictum
Spines on Indian mallow pollen help it cling to bird feathers.
Poison bulb
Crinum japonicum
Poison-bulb pollen is surrounded by long, showy petals that attract insect porters. Some variations seem easy to explain. Others remain puzzling, or have yet to be investigated at all.
Forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
Forget-me-not grains are among the tiniest known, each just five one-thousandths of a millimeter across.
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