-
bracts together.
Phyllaries are
reduced leaf-like
structures that form one or more
whorls immediately below a
flower head.
Phyllaries provide protection...
- a seed.
Flower head
showing involucre and
phyllaries Close-up of stipitate-glandular
trichomes on
phyllaries Close-up of ray and disk
florets Close-up...
-
florets and
numerous disc florets. The
phyllaries (a
bract under the flowerhead) has long
spreading hairs. Each
phyllary is ****ociated with a ray floret. Species...
- or
sometimes a
solitary head. The head has a base
covered in
layers of
phyllaries. The
simple row of ray
florets is white, yellow, or red. The disc florets...
-
series of small,
usually green, scale-like bracts.
These are
known as
phyllaries; collectively, they form the involucre,
which serves to
protect the immature...
- 3–5.5 mm long. The
phyllaries are
appressed or spreading. The
shape of the
outer phyllaries is linear-obovate, and the
inner phyllary shape is oblong-lanceolate...
-
Symphyotrichum drummondii (formerly
Aster drummondii) is a
species of
flowering plant of the
family Asteraceae native to the
central and
eastern United...
- 4.5–6.3 mm (1⁄5–1⁄4 in) long. The
phyllaries are
appressed or
slightly spreading. The
shape of the
outer phyllaries is oblong-oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate...
- fernlike,
divided bipinnately or tripinnately. The
inflorescence has 4 to 9
phyllaries and
contains ray and disk
flowers which are
white to pink,
blooming from...
- supporting,
usually a head of flowers. In Asteraceae, it is the
group of
phyllaries (bracts)
surrounding the
inflorescence before opening, then supporting...
