Rose hips are ovaries that carry the seeds for future plants. Since we typically aren't interested in the seed, most gardeners clip them off so that the plant can focus its energies on flowering.

Plants, being rooted in one place, ... Tree-climbing goats disperse seeds during rumination, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(4):222–223 doi:10.1002/fee.1488.

Shown here is half of a climbing milkweed vine seedpod releasing the last of its seed to the wind. The other half of the pod has already dried and fallen away on its own. Inside the remaining half ...

Scientists identify mechanism responsible for fruit and seed development in flowering plants. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 07 / 220712102744.htm.