Flint Dent Corn

Kernels of flint corn types have a central core of soft, floury endosperm surrounded by hard, flinty endosperm. Unlike dent corn kernels, the hard endosperm covers the entire crown of the kernel.

a mature stalk shows an exposed ear with yellow-gold and dark brown kernels that are undented
In a mature ear, kernels do not dent.
side view of two kernels, one brown and one light yellow
Kernels.