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Flowers

Flowers

Reproductive structure of flowering plants with or without protective envelopes, the calyx and/or corolla; short shoot with sporophylls and with or without sterile protective leaves, the calyx and corolla. Modified reproductive shoot of angiosperms.

Anther dehiscence

Anther (pollen-bearing portion of stamen) classification based on dehiscence (splitting when mature).Anther dehiscence

Bracts below calyx

Modified, usually reduced, leaf found in the inflorescence.Bracts below calyx

Number ovules

Embryonic seed consisting of integument(s) and nucellus.Number ovules

Pedicel color

Color determinations based on accepted color charts and codes.

Pedicel indument

Trichome cover types or type of hairy cover (vestiture or indument), for the flower stalk (pedicel).Pedicel indument

Pedicel length

The flower stalk.Pedicel length

Pedicel thickness

The flower stalk.Pedicel thickness

petal apex

The tip of a two-dimensional structure which is usually bounded by the upper 5-10% of the margins; or the top of a three-dimensional structure.

Petal color

Color determinations based on accepted color charts and codes.

Petal Length

Petal nectary

Sugary compound producing glands found mostly on floral parts that produce attractants for pollinators; nectar producing tissues or organs.Petal nectary

Petal number

Petal Planarity

The relation of the margins or sides of a single organ, structure or part in relation to its central longitudinal axis.

Petal Shape

An outline of specific form which is plane or two-dimensional; or a specific figure which is three dimensional.

Pistils per flower

Gynoecium or pistil is the whorl or group of carpels in the center or at the top of the flower; all carpels in a flower.Pistils per flower

Sepal color

A calyx member or segment; a unit of the calyx.Sepal color

Sepal number

A calyx member or segment; a unit of the calyx.Sepal number

Stamen number

The male sporophyll within the flower; the floral organ that bears pollen in angiosperms.Stamen number

Stamens showy

The male sporophyll within the flower; the floral organ that bears pollen in angiosperms.Stamens showy

Staminodia between stamens and pistils

Sterile stamen, may be modified as a nectary or petaloid structure.Staminodia between stamens and pistils

Stigma width

Pollen receptive portion of carpel.Stigma width

Style type

Attenuated, non-ovule-bearing portion of carpel between stigma and ovary. Classification based primarily on shapeStyle type

Ray flowers

Strap-shaped.Ray flowers

Ray flower color

Strap-shaped.Ray flower color

Ray flower 'ligule'

The strap-shaped portion of a ray or ligulate corolla.Ray flower 'ligule'

Disk flowers

The inner flowers in Asteraceae such as the yellow flowers in the daisy. They are flowers, not just petals.Disk flowers

Disk flower color

The inner flowers in Asteraceae such as the yellow flowers in the daisy. They are flowers, not just petals.Disk flower color

pale length

Scale or bract at base of tubular flower in composites.pale length

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