Vestigial glumes
Glumes very small, cob appears naked without glumes; anthers in tassel are completely exposed.
Vestigial glumes
Cob of a Vg1/+, vestigial glume mutant plant (right) showing apparent absence of the red glumes of its normal sib.
Vestigial glumes
Tassel branch of a Vg1/+ mutant plant (right) with small papery glumes that leave the plump normal yellow anthers exposed.