Sweetcorn
Zea mays · Grass family
Plant portrait
Sweetcorn carries long leaves on an upright stem, with cobs in the leaf axils.
Harvested part
The kernels of sweetcorn varieties.
What to watch for
Distinguish the top tassel from leaf-wrapped cobs and their silks.
Growth stages of the sweetcorn
Plotilo illustrates the sweetcorn in 7 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing, flowering, developing fruit and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Flowering
Flowers are shown before fruit begins to form.
- Developing fruit
Fruit begins to develop on the plant.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the grass family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.