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Embryo development in Capsella
Legend:
1 funiculus
3 suspensor
4 embryo at heart stage
5 endosperm
2 micropyle
6 seed coat
English name: Shepherd's purse
Scientific name: Capsella bursa pastoris
Familia: Brassicaceae
Classis: Dicotylodones
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
Heart-shape stage during embryo development. The cotyledons, the very first leaves of the plant, begin to develop.
Proceed to a detail of this heart-shaped embryo