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Fallses
Falls The sepals of an iris. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form.
Glossary: Flower / inflorescence morphology
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Florets
Floret A small flower, usually part of a cluster. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form. Did you know? Each small disk in the center of a sunflower is an individual floret capable of producing one seed.
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Fruits
Fruit A ripened seed-containing ovary. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form. Did you know? Botanically, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, peppers, and beans are fruits because they develop from flower ovaries.
Synonyms:
funnel shaped, funnel-shaped, Funnelforms, Infundibular, Infundibulars
Funnelform Describing a flower whose petals form a funnel shape. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form. Did you know? Funnelform flowers often guide pollinators toward nectar at the base of the tube.
