The part of the plant that bears the flowers, including all its bracts, branches and flowers, but excluding unmodified leaves.
A flower cluster of a plant; the arrangement of the flowers on the axis.
The arrangement of flowers in relation to the axis and to each other.
Term for cluster or grouping of flowers on an axis or stalk; also, the mode of arrangement of the flower on a plant.
The mode of arrangement of flowers on an axis; a floral axis with its appendages; also a flower cluster.
The budding and unfolding of blossoms; flowering.
Axes along which all the buds are flower buds.
The flowering parts of a plant, or the arrangement of flowers on a simple or branched axis.
Referring to flowers when they do not occur singly, and their arrangement on the flower stem.
The structure that carries the flowers. It may take any one of a number of forms—a spike (as in gladioli), a raceme (as in delphiniums), a panicle (as in lilacs), an umbel (as in onions); gardeners often refer simply to a “cluster.” Inflorescences are described as “terminal” when they grow at the ends of shoots, or axillary, when they arise in the axils of the leaves.
The structure that carries the flowers. It may take any one of a number of forms: a spike (gladiolus), a raceme (as in delphiniums), a panicle (as in lilacs), an umbel (as in onions); gardeners often refer simply to a ‘cluster’ or ‘spray’. Inflorescences are described as ‘terminal’ when they grow at the ends of shoots, or axillary, when they arise in the axils of the leaves.
The arrangement of the flowers and their stalks on a stem or branch. An inflorescence is classified according to its mode of branching, which may be racemose (indefinite and not terminating in a flower) or cymose (definite and terminating in a flower).