An inflorescence is a group of flowers on a plant. Here are some common arrangements. The slides that follow show examples of these inflorescence st ...
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A head is a compact [[inflorescence]] with many flowers connected in a tight bunch. Desert Dandelion, in the Aster Family, is a good example. Each y ...
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Sierra Bog Orchid's [[inflorescence]] is arranged in a spike. Flowers are connected directly to the stem.
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Heliotrope's [[inflorescence]] is a coiled cluster.
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Milkweed's [[inflorescence]] has many [[pedicels]] starting from a common point. This makes it an umbel (think of the spokes of an umbrella).
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Here we're looking up at a Carrot [[inflorescence]]. It's a compound [[umbel]] made up of two layers of umbels - one near the flowers, and a second b ...
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