panicle

plant anatomy

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

    A panicle is a branched raceme in which each branch has more than one flower, as in the astilbe (Astilbe).

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  • snake gourd flower
    In angiosperm: Inflorescences

    A panicle is a branched raceme in which the branches are themselves racemes (e.g., yuccas, Yucca). In a compound umbel, all the umbel inflorescences arise from a common point and appear to be at about the same level (e.g., wild carrot). This organization is the same…

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