| When the tassel is mature and conditions are suitably warm and dry, anthers on the tassel dehisce and release pollen. |
| Yellow scutella will disperse but, based on mechanical manipulation with a pencil, require more force to dehisce than brown scutella. |
| When mature they dehisce by a small opening, and when broken open will disclose the olive or greenish-yellow capillitium. |
| When large enough bites of tissue are taken, the cuff will heal nicely and will not dehisce unless there is infection or tissue compromise. |
| Its petals are white, pink or lilac, while the capsules are green, turn yellow when ripe, and dehisce easily when dry to release seeds. |
| Stamens number eight to twelve, are opposite the sepals and petals, and have introrse, dorsifixed anthers that dehisce by longitudinal slits. |
