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Rachillas, rhachilla, Rhachilla, Rhachillas
Rachilla The axis of a grass or sedge spikelet; a small rachis
Glossary: Flower / inflorescence morphology
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Rachises, rhachis, Rhachis, Rhachises
Rachis The central rib of a compound leaf or flower cluster
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Receptacles
Receptacle The part of a flower that holds all the floral structures together. It is located at the top of the flower stalk, where the petals, sepals, stamens, and carpels are attached. Did You Know? In some plants, the receptacle becomes part of the fruit. For example, the fleshy edible portion of a strawberry develops primarily from the enlarged receptacle, while the tiny "seeds" on…
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Resupinates
Resupinate Upside down, due to twisting of the pedicel, as in the flowers of some orchids
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Salverforms
Salverform Shape of a flower with a slender tube expanding into petals shaped like a flat disk Did you know? Phlox flowers are salverform, with a narrow tube opening suddenly into a flat face.
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Scapes, Scapiform, Scapiforms, Scapose, Scaposes
Scape A flower stalk arising from the ground. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form.
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Spathes
Spathe A bract or leaf encasing a flower cluster. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form. Did you know? The colorful part of a peace lily is a spathe, a modified bract, not a true petal.
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Catkin, Catkins, Spadix, Spadixes, Spicate, Spicates, Spikelet, Spikelets, Spikes
Spike A flowering stem with flowers directly attached. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form.
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Spurs
Spur A specialized short twig of certain fruit trees on which flowers and fruit are borne. A thin spike-like part attached to a flower or other structure.
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Steriles
Sterile Describing a flower that cannot produce viable seeds. This feature helps explain how flowers are arranged, how pollination happens, or how seeds begin to form.
