stalked 2 |
= pedunculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Having a peduncle. |
umbellate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more umbels. |
corymbose |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more corymbs. |
bundled 1 (not recommended) |
= fascicled, fasciculate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more fascicles. |
paniculate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more panicles. |
umbellet |
|
nominative |
inflorescence |
A single set of pedicellate flowers in a compound umbel. |
raceme |
|
nominative |
inflorescence |
An elongate, unbranched main axis bearing pedicellate flowers inserted singly along it. |
glome |
|
nominative |
inflorescence |
A rounded cluster of sessile or subsessile flowers that are inserted very close together and oriented divergently, the whole more or less hemispheric and sessile or subsessile. |
cyathiate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more cyathia. |
head |
= capitulum |
nominative |
inflorescence |
Having crowded, sessile or subsessile, small flowers (florets) borne upon an expanded, distally plane or convex, sometimes paleate, compound receptacle (torus), often with a surrounding involucre, and sometimes a subtending calyculus; characteristic of Asteraceae (Compositae). |
glomerate |
= agglomerate |
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more glomes. |
ament |
= catkin |
nominative |
inflorescence |
Elongate, more or less flexible and spike-like, often unisexual, the central axis bearing numerous diminutive flowers inserted either singly or in cymules, the pedicels or secondary axes subtended by small, paleaceous bracts or scales, the whole often deciduous as a unit. |
thyrsate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence |
Comprising one or more thyrses. |
pulvinate 1 |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Having a pulvinus. |
epulvinate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence axis, petiole |
Lacking a pulvinus. |
pistillate |
= carpellate (not recommended) |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
staminate |
|
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional stamens but no functional pistils, thus unisexual and male. |
carpellate (not recommended) |
= pistillate |
architecture |
inflorescence, flower, floret |
Having functional pistils but no functional stamens, thus unisexual and female. |
clawed |
= unguiculate |
plane shape |
l |
Having an abruptly much narrower proximal portion (claw or unguis), itself of variable shape but usually attenuate toward the base; esp. petals. |
unguiculate |
= clawed |
plane shape |
l |
Having an abruptly much narrower proximal portion (unguis or claw), itself of variable shape but usually attenuate toward the base; esp. petals. |
sheathing 2 |
|
base |
laminar structure |
Terete or involute and closely enclosing the supporting axis for some distance above the point of insertion. |
epinastic |
|
development |
laminar structure |
Having the adaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the abaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than that of the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole revolute or recurved. |
emarginate |
= notched |
apex |
laminar structure |
Having a relatively small, acute, distal sinus. |
costate |
= ribbed |
architecture |
laminar structure |
Having one or more costae (ribs). |
arrowhead-shaped 1 |
= sagittate |
base |
laminar structure |
Having two retrorse, generally triangular lobes, one to either side. |