Personally (and this may not match everyone’s interpretation), I decided at some point that I would consider the seed dispersal phase as part of iNat’s “fruiting” definition. Hence, I would count the first one with the seeds still attached to the plant as fruiting since there are still seeds to disperse. (Second one looks like dried up flower buds?) Here’s an example for a plant I would then no longer consider “fruiting” since all the seeds are gone (and I made a note about that on the observation).
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