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What appear to be "petals" of an individual flower, are actually each individual complete ray flowers, and at the center is a dense pack of individual tiny disc flowers. Because the collection has the overall appearance of a single flower, the collection of flowers in the head of this sunflower is called a pseudanthium or a composite.
The ray floret is female with one pistil containing one style, two stigmas, and an ovary with one ovule. Labeled parts are as follows: Labeled parts are as follows: 1 – corolla (petals) (three petals are joined to form a strap, and in the case of 5 petals, they form a ligule);
Ray floret, typical for flowers of the family Asteraceae A. ovary B. pappus C. anthers D. ligule. E. style with stigmas: Date: 25 February 2008, 13:40 (UTC) Source:
The nimbus in Christian art first appeared in the 5th century, but practically the same motif was known from several centuries earlier, in pre-Christian Hellenistic art. It is found in some Persian representations of kings and gods, and appears on coins of the Kushan kings Kanishka, Huvishka and Vasudeva, as well as on most representations of the Buddha in Greco-Buddhist art from the 1st ...
It was adapted by flowers to orient pollinators leading to an example of co-evolution. [8] UV light allows them to broadcast a guide to where their pollen is located. [4] Due to unique life characteristics and morphology of flowers, pollinators are more effective at taking the pollen and spreading it to other flowers of the same species. [3]
Some viewers don’t understand why she’d stick a porcelain bust, string lights or fresh flowers alongside a bowl of bell peppers or a carafe of orange juice. “I feel like I made very ...
The flowers are produced in a capitulum with a ring of broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; flower color varies noticeably between the different species. The genus includes several ornamental plants popular in gardens.
The Dendera light is a motif in the Hathor temple at Dendera in Egypt. According to the hieroglyphic text surrounding the pieces, it depicts statues referencing part of the Egyptian creation myth . The temple, especially its crypts, contain several reliefs depicting statues of Harsomtus , sometimes syncretized with Ra , in the form of an ...