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HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS
PARTS OF HERBACEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS

Bracteole
Bract (small bract)
(leaflike
structure)
Midrib
Cyme
Succulent, (type of inflorescence)
simple ovate
leaf Inner, tubular Outer, ligulate
disk floret ray floret

Flower bud
Node
Peduncle
(inflorescence stalk)
Dentate Capitulum
margin (type of inflorescence)
Leaf
Internode
LIVE-FOREVER OR Simple lobed Peduncle
ICE PLANT leaf (inflorescence
(Sedum spectabile) stalk) Flower
bud
Petiole Petiole
(leaf stalk) (leaf
Succulent stalk)
stem Leaf base Stem Linear
Leaf Lateral FLORISTS’ CHRYSANTHEMUM leaf
scar bud Prickle (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

BEGONIA Bract Capitulum Hollow
CEREOID (Begonia x (leaflike (type of stem
CACTUS tuberhybrida) structure) inflorescence) Sheath formed
Spinose-dentate from leaf base TOADFLAX
margin Dentate (Linaria sp.)
Rachis margin Unwinged rachis
(main axis of SLENDER THISTLE (main axis of
Winged pinnate leaf) (Carduus tenuiflorus) pinnate leaf)
stem Peduncle
Stipule Winged (inflorescence
(structure at rachis stalk)
base of leaf) Tendril Stem (main
Flower bud
segment axis of
pinnate
leaf) HOGWEED
Pinna (Heracleum sphondylium)
(leaflet) Bract
Margin of (leaflike Tepal
cladode Toothed structure)
Petiole notch PERUVIAN LILY
(leaf stalk) (Alstroemeria aurea)
Peduncle Cladode
(inflorescence (flattened stem) Stem
stalk) branch
Raceme
(type of inflorescence)
CRAB CACTUS
(Schlumbergera truncala)
EVERLASTING PEA
Petal Sepal (Lathyrus latifolius)

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