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Pawpaws cannot self-pollinate, and their blooms are vapid and weakly perfumed.
Pawpaw Adventure Part Two: Hoopla Sarah Lenz 2009
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Pawpaws cannot self-pollinate, and their blooms are vapid and weakly perfumed.
Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah Lenz 2009
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~ Weed gave up sex long ago -- The ability of plants to self-pollinate - a big factor in the spread of weeds - is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say.
Speedlinking 8/7/07 William Harryman 2007
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The ability of plants to self-pollinate – a big factor in the spread of weeds – is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say.
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Though some orchids can self-pollinate -- including, notably, O. apifera, the bee orchid -- many rely on visiting insects to transport pollinia on their heads from plant to plant.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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Though some orchids can self-pollinate -- including, notably, O. apifera, the bee orchid -- many rely on visiting insects to transport pollinia on their heads from plant to plant.
Ophrys 2006
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Unfortunately, it's one of those plants that don't self-pollinate, so I need to run back to the garden center again to another elderberry plant.
May 2004 ladygoat 2004
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Unfortunately, it's one of those plants that don't self-pollinate, so I need to run back to the garden center again to another elderberry plant.
Foodgoat ladygoat 2004
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Both Trujillo and Bolivian coca are strongly heterostylous and do not self-pollinate.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Both Trujillo and Bolivian coca are strongly heterostylous and do not self-pollinate.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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