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pinkish cyathophylls.
Colourful bracts of
Ananas bracteatus. The many
green involucral bracts of
Erigeron peregrinus are linear, loose,
taper to a point, about...
-
hundreds of tiny
individual florets enclosed by a
whorl of
protective involucral bracts. The
oldest known fossils are
pollen grains from the Late Cretaceous...
- In
botanical terminology, a phyllary, also
known an
involucral bract or tegule, is a
single bract of the
involucre of a
composite flower. The involucre...
- annual. They are
characterised by
their zygomorphic flowers and by the
involucral bracts called spathes that
surround the
flower stalks.
These spathes are...
-
florets sometimes tinged red/brown). They are
surrounded by
three rows of
involucral bracts: an
inner ring
which is
narrow and blunt-tipped with a
spiny awn...
- at the base, and
heads of
yellow florets surrounding by papery,
white involucral bracts.
Ammobium alatum is a
species of
perennial herb,
occasional an...
- pink or
white disc
floret within a
sheath consisting of just two
large involucral bracts. The
species are all
endemic to the Cape
Floristic Region of South...
-
immediately below the head. Head large, hemispherical, 2-3in. diam.;
involucral scales imbricated in many series, tomentose. Ray-florets very numerous;...
- five lobes,
sometimes merged in two lips,
flower heads with
overlapping involucral bracts,
anthers with
tails and
pointy tips, the
styles usually stick far...
-
fertile ray florets. It
lacks an
expanded outer series of
herbaceous involucral bracts or phyllaries.
These tend to be much reduced.
Ichthyothere scandens...
