Character Description Figures on this page
Habit & Height
   
Branches, young
   
older
   
Leaves, size
   
shape    
hairs    
petiole    
Inflorescence
   
peduncle
   
pedicel
   
Calyx at flowering
   
at fruit maturity    
Corolla color
   
shape and size
   
lobes/lobules
   
hairs
   
no dissecting microscope 2012
Stamen length
   
filaments    
anther color    
anther size    
anther mucronate/mucronulate    
anthers of a flower open simultaneously?    
pollen quantity per flower 25,500 (n = 1 flower) Mione et al. 602 / 603, count by Emmett P. Varricchio, 2012, flower collected in Mexico then stored in 70% ethanol
pollen grain size mean 24.47 µm,
range 22 - 27.25 µm
Mione et al. 602 / 603, 15 grains, flower collected in Mexico then stored in 70% ethanol, 2012, Michael J. Tanasi
corona no  
Stigma
   
Style
   
Ovary
   
Ovules per ovary
152 (n = 1 flower) Mione et al. 602 / 603, count by T. M., 2012, flower collected in Mexico then stored in 70% ethanol
Nectar
   
Herkogamy    
Protogyny    
Fruit color (at maturity) and size
   
Seeds per fruit
   
Seed Size
   
Chromosome number
   
Growability in Connecticut, USA
   
How long does it take from flower to ripe fruit?
   
Self-Compatible?
   
Seed Germination
   
Ratio of Pollen to Ovules 168 (25,500 / 152 ovules, n = 1 flower) Mione et al. 602 / 603, 2012, flower collected in Mexico then stored in 70% ethanol
Character Description Figures on this web page
Stigma and style of Jaltomata procumbens not yet named subspecies davisii, flower collected into spirits in the wild (not from a plant grown for study) Mione & Bye 602 / 603, units are mm, photo by Thomas Mione