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 Stellaria is a common weed of grasses and fields during winter season. It bears reddish-brown to dark brown coloured, tiny seeds in large numbers enclosed within its capsular fruit.
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 On observing its seeds through foldscope, they were found to be rough and had pointed ornamentation on their surface.
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Seeds of Stellaria seen through foldscope

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