Definition of Verticillasters. Meaning of Verticillasters. Synonyms of Verticillasters

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Definition of Verticillasters

Verticillaster
Verticillaster Ver`ti*cil*las"ter, a. [NL., fr. L. verticillus a whirl + aster a star.] (Bot.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl.

Meaning of Verticillasters from wikipedia

- called a fascicle. A verticillaster is a fascicle with the structure of a dichasium; it is common among the Lamiaceae. Many verticillasters with reduced bracts...
- axils. They are white to purple and produced in false whorls called verticillasters. The corolla is two-lipped with four subequal lobes, the upper lobe...
- a rounded point. The flowering spikes are 10–22 cm long, producing verticillasters that each have many flowers and are crowded together over most of the...
- lavender-purple dots. The flowers are located in verticillasters grouped on spikes; or the verticillasters are arranged in opposite cymes, racemes, or panicles...
- are 2 cm (0.79 in) long. The flowers are produced in many flowered verticillasters, produced in whorls around the top half or more of the stem. The flowers...
- of six (rarely seven) flowers per verticillaster while subspecies montanum averages ten flowers per verticillaster. The hairiness of the lower stems is...
- 3–5 mm long, lilac, purplish, or white, produced in dense clusters (verticillasters) on tall, branched, tapering spikes; flowering in mid to late summer...
- corolla about 5 mm (3⁄16 in) diameter; they are produced in whorls (verticillasters) around the stem, forming thick, blunt spikes. Flowering season lasts...
- wide, in a clump-like, upright shape, with flowers appearing in showy verticillasters, or false whorls, and occasionally branching at the apex. The leaves...
- pseudoverticillate (appearing whorled or verticillate but not actually so). verticillaster A type of pseudoverticillate inflorescence, typical of the Lamiaceae...