A whorl of small leaves close underneath a flower or flower cluster. (see: Leaf Configuration graphic.)
n., a group of closely placed bracts that subtend or enclose an inflorescence.
a ring of bracts that surround one to many flowers.--------------------Y-Z
A cluster of modified leaves about a flower cluster.
A cluster of bristles or sterile branchlets below the spikelets (e.g., Cenchrus and Pennisetum).
A circle or collection of bracts (modified leaves) surrounding a flower cluster or head, or a single flower.
A whorl of leaves beneath a flower or inflorescence.
A whorl of bracts subtending a flower or flower-cluster.
A circle of bracts that enclose a fruit or a cluster of flowers.
Series of bracts surrounding a flower or inflorescence.
a protective structure in members of the plant family Asteraceae (including daisies and dandelions) consisting of a circle of bracts (modified leaves) immediately below a flower cluster or compound flower
whorl of bracts, often cup-like, at the base of a flower or cluster of flowers.
a group of bracts enveloping a condensed inflorescence; a layer of tissue enveloping particular structures, e.g. an archegonium in Bryophyta, sporangia in Hymenophyllaceae.
The bracts whorled close to the base of a flower or flower cluster.
a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence
a common feature under the inflorescence of many umbelliferous plants
a common feature under the inflorescences of many umbelliferous and asteraceous plants
A circle of bracts under a flower cluster.
Bracts surrounding a flower cluster. (eg: bracts around hazelnuts of Corylus)
the outer, often green, bracts of a flower cluster or head.
Collection of bracts, usually around the base of a flower cluster.
Whorl of bracts enclosing a number of flowers.
A whorl of bracts under a flower or flower cluster.
Any structure that surrounds another (e.g. a series of leaflike "bracts" that surround a flower).
a whorl of bracts situated below and close to a flower or inflorescence
overlapping bracts around an inflorescence
a whorl of bracts surrounding or subtending a flower cluster or head or a single flower.
the indusium of members of the Hymenophyllaceae.
Group of bracts more or less held together as a unit, below a flower, fruit , or inflorescence(the combined phyllaries of a daisy).
A circle of bracts under an inflorescence.
A whorl or collection of bracts surrounding or subtending a flower cluster or a single flower.
bracts forming a or calyx like structure round or just below the base of a usually condensed inflorescence.
A whorl of bracts located beneath (subtending) a flower cluster, as in the heads of members of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
A group or cluster of bracts subtending an inflorescence.
A circle or circles of bracts beneath a flowerhead as in the daisy family.
Bracts forming calyx-like structure around a condensed inflorescence.
A set of bracts surrounding a flower cluster.