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Vegetative

 30-Floral and vegetative buds

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This photo shows that buds can give rise to either stems or flowers / inflorescences.

Here are two twigs of bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica

  • On the left, the buds are starting to grow into inflorescences
  • On the right, the buds will give rise to new stems
Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.
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