filiforme, (fil)

Habit: Plant developes from the hypocotyl. Strong tendency to stem fasciation which lead to bending of stems.
Leaves: Leaves show almost no leaf disk.
Seedlings:
Cotyledones: Cotyledones needlelike.
Hypocotyl:
Inflorescence:
Flowers:
- Upper lip:
- Lower lip:
- Bumps:
Seed:
Roots:
Segregation: F₂
Remarks: Female fertility is reduced and male parts are sterile. fil⁺ is completely dominant over fil. The recessive mutant is seen only in gram gram plants (kryptomeria).
Pictures:
- No pictures available.
Stubbe's original notes (as stored in the IPK, Gatersleben) (in German!):
- Page 216
Literature:
- Schiemann E. 1926
- Schiemann E. 1940
- Kuckuck H., Schick R. 1930
- Bergfeld R. 1957
- Stubbe H. 1966 on page 310.

(kst) 1996

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