This glossary definition is part of the Purdue Arboretum learning resource database, providing educational information on campus flora, morphology, and botanical terminology.
Capitulum
A small flower head. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form.
Did you know?
A sunflower head is not one flower. It is a capitulum made of hundreds or even thousands of small flowers.
The Purdue Arboretum is a collaboration between the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Administrative Operations