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| Main supporting stem of a flower |
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| tip of the stem, swells into this structure. houses the rest of the flower. The other parts of the flower are attached to this in a whorl. |
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| Usually coming out of the receptacle. Small green leaf-like projections at the base of the flower. Protects the bud during the growing stage. There are about 3-5 of these around the receptacle. "The outer parts of the flower that enclose a developing bud." |
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| Sepals, collectively. Serves to protect the slower during bud phase. |
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| Another whorl that forms from the receptacle. Colorful or green in nature. Intention is to attract insects for pollination. Free petals vs. united. Individuals. |
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| Collective idea of petals. All the petals together. United, whole. EX: can be with free petals or united. |
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| Collectively the Calyx and Corolla together as a whole. Sepals/Calyx + Petals/Corolla = Perianth |
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| Random pointless leaves on the stem. Usually extending from the receptacle. sometimes green or colorful. kinda like a petal and leaf combined bc they attract pollinators. |
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| Also emerge from the receptacle, from the base of the pistil. |
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| A (green) structure that rises from the centre of the flower. Comprised of these parts: ovule, style and stigma. Vase shaped. |
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| Part of the Stamens. The top of the filament. sac like structure and contains the pollen. |
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| Part of the stamens. The stalk-like structure. Atop it sits the anther. |
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| Stalk-like. Underneath the Stigma. Part of the Pistil. |
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| Part of the Pistil, the swelling at the base. Ultimately develops into the fruit. Each one contains chambers.. |
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| Eggs cells, attached by tiny stalks in the ovary. They develop after a flower has been fertilized and will eventually develop into seeds. |
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| Also gathered for use in herbal medicine. Examples: aromatic fennel, spiky burdock, Horse chesnut tree. |
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| The formation of groups of flowers on a peduncle. (vs. a single flower.) |
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| Spikes, Panicles, Cymes, Catkins, Corymbs, Umbels, and Racemes. |
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