Unraveling the Mystery of Self-Planting Seeds

Published in Science, 6 Jun 2012

When it comes to sowing seeds, some plants only have to drop them and let gravity take care of the rest. But seeds from a family of small flowering plants known as Geraniaceae, give themselves a helping hand: after bursting open from beak-shaped fruits, they literally drill themselves into the ground. […]

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