Definition of Involucral. Meaning of Involucral. Synonyms of Involucral

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Definition of Involucral

Involucral
Involucral In`vo*lu"cral, a. [Cf. F. involucral.] Pertaining to, possessing, or like, an involucrum.

Meaning of Involucral from wikipedia

- 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...
- annual. They are characterised by their zygomorphic flowers and by the involucral bracts called spathes that surround the flower stalks. These spathes are...
- 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...
- at the base, and heads of yellow florets surrounding by papery, white involucral bracts. Ammobium alatum is a species of perennial herb, occasional an...
- erect, elliptic leaves, and heads of white flowers surrounded by four involucral bracts. Pimelea brevifolia is an undershrub or shrub that typically grows...
- 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...
- five lobes, sometimes merged in two lips, flower heads with overlapping involucral bracts, anthers with tails and pointy tips, the styles usually stick far...
- clusters of white to pinkish flowers usually surrounded by two leaf-like involucral bracts. Pimelea milliganii is a low, much-branched, densely hairy shrub...
- fertile ray florets. It lacks an expanded outer series of herbaceous involucral bracts or phyllaries. These tend to be much reduced. Ichthyothere scandens...