Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pedicel is also applied to the stem of the infructescence. The word "pedicel" is derived from the Latin pediculus, meaning "little foot". [2] The stem or branch from the main stem of the inflorescence that holds a group of pedicels is called a peduncle. [3] A pedicel may be associated with a bract or bracts. [4]
Goodenia pedicellata is a perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 25 cm (9.8 in) with a single, hairy stem. The leaves are arranged in a rosette at the base of the plant and on the ends of the stem and are egg-shaped to trowel-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 50 mm (2.0 in) long (including the petiole), and 15 mm (0.59 in) wide.
Other plants have the bracts subtend the pedicel or peduncle of single flowers. Metatopic placement of bracts include: When the bract is attached to the stem holding the flower (the pedicel or peduncle), it is said to be recaulescent ; sometimes these bracts or bracteoles are highly modified and appear to be appendages of the flower calyx.
Prostanthera pedicellata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has glabrous, densely glandular branches.The leaves are arranged along the branches and are narrow egg-shaped to oblong, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and more or less sessile.
Diagram of flower parts. In botany, floral morphology is the study of the diversity of forms and structures presented by the flower, which, by definition, is a branch of limited growth that bears the modified leaves responsible for reproduction and protection of the gametes, called floral pieces.
The fruit is a samara; the seeds are about 27 mm (1.1 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in) broad, with a wing angle of 145° and a conspicuously veined pedicel. [3] [4] [5] The bloom period for Acer pensylvanicum is around late spring. [6] The spelling pensylvanicum is the one originally used by Carl Linnaeus. [citation needed]
Xanthophyllum pedicellatum is a plant in the family Polygalaceae. The specific epithet pedicellatum is from the Latin, referring to the long pedicel (flower stem). [2]
Euphorbia tithymaloides has a large number of household names used by gardeners and the public. Among them are redbird flower, [7] devil's-backbone, [8] redbird cactus, Jewbush, buck-thorn, cimora misha, Christmas candle, fiddle flower, ipecacuahana, Jacob's ladder, Japanese poinsettia, Jew's slipper, milk-hedge, myrtle-leaved spurge, Padus-leaved clipper plant, red slipper spurge, slipper ...