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Inflorescences

1-Inflorescence

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An inflorescence is the group or arrangement in which flowers are borne on a plant.

There are several parts to an inflorescence. The stalk of a whole inflorescence is the peduncle. The axis of the inflorescence is the rachis. The stalk of an individual flower is the pedicel. Sometimes bracts are found below the whole inflorescence or below each individual flower (the bracts are difficult to see in this photo).


Photo by K. R. Robertson at Foley Sand Prairie Nature Preserve, Lee County, Illinois.

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