Ligulate flower, with corolla flattened and strap-like above a very short tube (e.g., the outer “petal” of a daisy, actually comprising a single flower in a composite head).
The small, straplike flowers found on the heads of members of Asteraceae.
The margin flowers on a composite head, usually sterile, that resemble single petals. (Example: the white “petals” of a Daisy.)
In the sun flower family or Asteraceae, on of the flowers with a ligulate corolla.
The strap-like, often sterile flowers (commonly called petals) surrounding the flower head (disk) of a plant in the Composite family, such as the yellow rays of Sunflowers or the purple rays surrounding the cone of Purple Coneflower.
Flat, straplike flowers on a member of the composite family.
The flowers on the flower heads of members of the aster family (Asteraceae) that have a single, strap-shaped corolla, resembling one flower petal; ray flowers may surround the disk flower in a flower head; or, in some species, such as dandelions, the flower heads may be composed entirely of ray flowers.
In the Compositae family, a bilateral, straplike flower occurring around the edge of the disk.