Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Wildflowers Glossary
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| Raceme |
A long cluster of stalked flowers along a central stem with the older flowers at the base. E.g. Cuckoo Flower. |
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| Ray-floret |
Flat strap-like flower occupying the peripheral ring of a composite flower (compare with disc-floret), as in the white part of a Daisy. |
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| Receptacle |
Swollen part of a stem to which the flower is attached. |
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| Recurved |
Curving backwards. |
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| Rhizome |
Under ground stem such as in the Iris. |
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| Rhomboid |
Leaf shaped like a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal length. |
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| Rosette |
Radiating arrangement of leaves at ground level. E.g. Bucks-horn Plantain. |
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| Runner |
Above-ground horizontal stem, often rooting at the nodes. E.g. Trailing Tormentil. |