Seed
A complete plant, on pause.
A seed is not just a grain: it is a complete plant on pause. Inside sit a tiny embryo, a food reserve and a protective coat. It can wait for months, sometimes years, for the right moment — water, warmth — to wake up. A seed is time travel: the plant crossing seasons and distances to start again elsewhere.
The diversity of the seed
Browse the photos with the arrows. Click the image to open it fullscreen.
The parts of the seed
Each part has a role. Look at the photo, read its description — let the plant speak.
Seed
Organ formed from the fertilized ovule: a true plant in waiting, ready to sprout when conditions are right.
Seed coat (testa)
The protective envelope of the seed, keeping it safe until germination.
Embryo
The tiny plant already formed inside the seed (future stem, leaves and root).
Cotyledon(s)
The seed's first leaf/leaves, storing or absorbing the reserves that feed the young plant.
Radicle
The embryo's first root: it emerges first at germination.
Germination
The seed waking up: with water and warmth, the embryo resumes growth and becomes a seedling.
Open a soaked seed (bean, pea). Find the coat, the reserve and the little embryo. Post your photo.
- 01 Take a photo of the seed and its parts.
- 02 Name what you see: Seed, Seed coat (testa), Embryo.
- 03 Post your photo in the group and compare with the community.
