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FLOWERS 2
ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS ON STEM

Spathe
(large bract)
to attract
Flower pollinating insects
Spadix (fleshy
axis) carrying
male and female
Bract flowers
(leaflike
structure)
Petal
Flower

Ovary

Peduncle
(inflorescence
Remains of tepals stalk)
(monocotyledonous Peduncle
petals and sepals) Peduncle Pedicel (inflorescence
(flower
(inflorescence stalk)
stalk) stalk)
INFLORESCENCE (SPIKE) INFLORESCENCE INFLORESCENCE (SPADIX)
Heliconia peruviana (COMPOUND UMBEL) Painter’s palette
Common elder (Anthurium andreanum)
Stigma Anther (Sambucus nigra)
Stamen
Style Filament
Flower
bud
Three-lobed Flower
stigma

Pedicel Inner tepal
(flower (monocotyledonous
stalk) petal)
Style
Bract
(leaflike
structure)

Filament
Ovary Stamen
Anther
Peduncle
(inflorescence Outer tepal
stalk) fused (monocotyledonous Corolla
to bract sepal)
Calyx
Pedicel Peduncle
(flower stalk) (inflorescence
stalk) Bract
SINGLE FLOWER (leaflike
Glory lily structure)
(Gloriosa superba) SINGLE
FLOWER
INFLORESCENCE
(DICHASIAL CYME) INFLORESCENCE
Common lime (SPHERICAL UMBEL)
(Tilia x europaea) Allium sp.

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