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inflorescence
Also known as: capitulum

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flower structure

  • A compound cyme of the elderberry, or European common elder (Sambucus nigra).
    In inflorescence: Indeterminate inflorescence.

    A head (capitulum) is a short dense spike in which the flowers are borne directly on a broad, flat peduncle, giving the inflorescence the appearance of a single flower, as in the dandelion (Taraxacum).

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    In angiosperm: Inflorescences

    A head is a raceme in which the peduncle is flattened and the flowers are attached directly to it (e.g., aster family, Asteraceae). This results in a grouping of small flowers in such a way as to appear as a single flower. In many members of…

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