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Silphium perfoliatum, the cup plant [2] or cup-plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America. It is an erect herbaceous perennial with triangular toothed leaves, and daisy-like yellow composite flower heads in summer. [3] The specific epithet perfoliatum means "through the leaf." [4]
In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup [1] [2] [3] is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. [citation needed] It often contains the nectaries of the plant.
It produces single, four-petaled, cup-shaped flowers on the upper leaf axils. These fragrant shell-pink flowers bloom throughout the summer into early autumn. The 4–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –2 in) flowers start out white and turn pink as they age. The flower throats, as well as the stigmas and stamens, have a soft yellow color. It blooms both day ...
1. A cup-shaped structure formed from bract s resembling an outer calyx. 2. In some Asteraceae, a circle of bracts below the involucre. calyptra A hood or lid. See operculum. calyx. pl. calyces. Collective term for the sepal s of one flower; the outer whorl of a flower, usually green. Compare corolla. calyx tube
Eucalyptus cosmophylla, commonly known as cup gum, [3] bog gum or scrub gum, [4] is a species of small tree or mallee that is endemic to South Australia.It usually has smooth bark and lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds arranged in groups of three, white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or hemispherical fruit.
The flower buds appear in late spring (May in the Northern Hemisphere). They are large and round, opening into fragrant, cup- or bowl-shaped flowers 8–16 cm (3–6 in) in diameter, with 5–10 white, pink, or crimson petals and yellow stamens. [1] The plant attracts butterflies. [2]
Bird's-Foot Trefoil. Another dainty flower with a dark meaning behind it, the bird's-foot trefoil flower symbolizes revenge.While revenge is never the answer in real life, writers can use this ...
Euphorbiaceae — pseudanthia are called cyathia, [20] composed of a single carpal flower with few to many single-stamen staminate flowers contained within a cup-shaped structure or bracts; the bracts are often rimmed with nectaries and less commonly petal-like structures. [21] The central cyathia may be composed of all male flowers. [22]