A guide to nonnative invasive plants inventoried in the north by ...
A guide to nonnative invasive plants inventoried in the north by ...
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Cyme<br />
A Cyme is a group of flowers<br />
<strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> end of each<br />
grow<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t produces<br />
a flower, so new growth<br />
comes from side shoots and<br />
<strong>the</strong> oldest flowers are at <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>to</strong>p.<br />
The example is Geranium<br />
pratense.<br />
Verticillaster<br />
A Verticillaster is a whorled<br />
<strong>in</strong>florescence, where <strong>the</strong><br />
flowers are borne <strong>in</strong> r<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
at <strong>in</strong>tervals up <strong>the</strong> stem.<br />
The tip cont<strong>in</strong>ues <strong>to</strong> grow,<br />
produc<strong>in</strong>g more whorls.<br />
This type of <strong>in</strong>florescence<br />
is common <strong>in</strong> members of<br />
<strong>the</strong> Deadnettle/M<strong>in</strong>t Family<br />
(Lamiaceae).<br />
The example is Phlomis<br />
russelliana.<br />
Corymb<br />
A Corymb is a flower cluster<br />
where all <strong>the</strong> flowers are at<br />
<strong>the</strong> same level, with flower<br />
stalks of different lengths,<br />
form<strong>in</strong>g a flat-<strong>to</strong>pped flower<br />
cluster.<br />
The example is Achillea<br />
millefolium.<br />
Umbel<br />
An Umbel is a flower head<br />
<strong>in</strong> which all <strong>the</strong> flower stalks<br />
are of <strong>the</strong> same length,<br />
so that <strong>the</strong> flower head is<br />
rounded like an umbrella.<br />
Many bulbs have this type of<br />
flower head.<br />
The example is Ner<strong>in</strong>e<br />
bowdenii.
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