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| floral axis, modified stem holding the flower, off of which come the four whorls. can become elongated and cup-like in some species. |
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| floral stalk- stem holding flower |
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| outer structure, protects sexual parts of plant. composed of two whorls: sepals and petals. can also be composed of tepals. |
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| lowermost whorl; covers unopened flower/protects petals. aka: calyx |
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| second whorl; attracts pollinating agents (decorative function?); not always present in wind-pollinated species. aka: corolla |
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| "male"; sexual. composed of anther and filament. |
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| part of stamen; sac-like appendage at end of stamen that produces pollen |
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| part of stamen; tube-like appendage for pollen transport up the stamen |
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| many carpels fuse to form one pistil; number of carpels usually signified by number of stigmatic lobes |
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# of pistils = # of carpels. can have many pistils. ex: 3 pistils = 3 carpels.
MARSH MARIGOLD |
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| ovules connect to ovary wall in one spot. all apocarpic plants. |
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| Juniperus (juniper, red cedar) |
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| two types of leaves: scale or needle. blue berry-like cones. |
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| Thuja (white cedar, arborvitae) |
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| branchlets flattened, scale-like |
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| alternate, four sided rigid leaves |
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| leaves in clusters of 2-5. long and thin. |
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| leaves flattened, soft, and of two types; spreading lateral and small appresed (pointing out of stem) |
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| leaves flattened, needle-like, deccurent (extend down stem, stem looks green) |
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| leaves in clusters of 10+, small cones |
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| leaves alternate/spiral giving branch a tube-like shape, short needles. |
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| indeterminate INFL., alternate arrangement |
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| indeterminate INFL., sessile raceme |
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| indeterminate INFL., flat-top arrangement |
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| indeterminate INFL., compounded raceme |
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| indeterminate INFL., stem head flattens out, becomes base for INFL., arranged in line |
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| determinate INFL., palmately branched |
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| determinate INFL., compounded dichasium |
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| determinate INFL., only one branching |
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| determinate INFL., compounded monochasium |
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| dry fruits; open at maturity to shed seeds |
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| dry, dehiscent fruit from one carpel that splits along one line only. MARSH MARIGOLD. |
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| dry, dehiscent fruit from many carpels |
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| dry fruits that don't open at maturity |
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| one seeded indehiscent fruit, seed attatches to fruit wall at a single point |
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| indehiscent fruit with hardened walls |
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| developed from many pistils on the same flower |
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| developed from many pistils, sometimes other parts, from many flowers |
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| ovary walls sectioned, ovules attatched to center, not walls |
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| free central placentation |
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| ovules attatched to center, not walls. no segmentation of ovary. |
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| ovules attach to ovary at base |
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