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2007-05-28 07:22:44 · 5 answers · asked by mman_1230 2 in Science & Mathematics Botany

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Flowers do not fly around in the sky.

What you have seen are the seeds of some plants / trees .

This is their mode of dispersal through wind or air .

There are three plants that commonly show their seeds in flight.

Click on the links below and see if you find any similar photo.

1 ) Dandelion seeds /fruits --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Taraxacum_seed_1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Photos-photos_1088103921_Floating.jpg

2 ) Calotropis seeds -
http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/dcs420/fa05/fa05049.jpg

3 ) Silk cotton tree seeds --
http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/manu/Manu_1024_3077.JPG

4) Cottonwood tree (Populus )--
http://www.lightblog.com/member/premenopaws/images/cottonwood4e.jpg
http://plantandsoil.unl.edu/croptechnology2005/UserFiles/Image/siteImages/CottonwoodLG.gif
http://www.naturesongs.com/vvplants/cottonwood7t.jpg

2007-05-31 19:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Could be a number of things, depending on where you are. There are a number of plants that produce fluffy seed-carriers that float around for a while, and then drop the seed somewhere distant from the plant. There are also some trees and shrubs that have white petals drop from their flowers, and get blown around by the wind. If what you see looks like a ball, it's probably a seed-carrier like a dandelion puff-ball. If it looks like a snow-flake, it's more likely to be a loose flower petal.

2007-05-28 07:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 0 0

Dandelion seeds?

2007-05-28 07:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by Mv 1 · 0 0

Clouds?

2007-05-28 18:03:14 · answer #4 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 0 0

I think its the blooms from the cottonwood tree you are thinking of.

2007-05-28 07:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by mslorikaraoke 3 · 0 0

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