Ebook: Seeing seeds: discover the unexpected beauty in seedheads, pods, and fruit

"There is much more to a seed than the plant it will someday become: seeds, seedheads, pods and fruits have their own outstanding beauty that rivals, and sometimes even surpasses, the beauty of flowers ... Seeds also come with fascinating stories ... Lotus seeds sent into orbit by Chinese scientists came back to earth mysteriously altered. And fava beans ... can cause the debilitating condition known as favism in some individuals and at the same time combat the microorganism that causes malaria ... gain an understanding of how seeds are formed and dispersed, why they look the way they do, and how they fit into the environment"--Publisher's description.;Definition: What are seeds? Why do they exist? -- Form: Why are seeds so diverse? -- Function: What do seeds do, and how do they do it? -- Garden flowers -- Weeds and wildflowers -- Herbs, spices, fibers, and medicine -- Fruits and vegetables -- Shrubs and trees.