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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Descriptive Flower Shapes<br />
Shape Name and Description Example<br />
Campanulate<br />
(Bell-shaped) A flower with<br />
a wide tube and flared<br />
lobes (petal tips), typical<br />
of <strong>the</strong> Bellflower family<br />
(Campanulaceae). The<br />
length of <strong>the</strong> tube is variable,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> open-ness of <strong>the</strong><br />
flower, but campanulate is<br />
generally shorter and fatter<br />
than tubular, and more<br />
closed than stellate.<br />
The example is Campanula<br />
cochlearifolia.<br />
Funnelform<br />
(Funnel-shaped) A flower<br />
that widens gradually from<br />
<strong>the</strong> base, end<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> an open<br />
or flared shape.<br />
The example is Cyrtanthus<br />
elatus.<br />
Trumpet-shaped<br />
A flower that starts as a<br />
narrow tube, but widens <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong><br />
a flared mouth, where <strong>the</strong><br />
petals often turn back.<br />
The example is Petunia<br />
grandiflora.<br />
Salverform<br />
A flower with a long, th<strong>in</strong><br />
tube, that widens suddenly<br />
<strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> a flat-faced flower.<br />
The example is Plumbago<br />
auriculata.
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