Terms
General term for a flowering branch.
Inflorescence
(Cross-shaped) A flower with four petals at right angles to one another
Cruciform
Male reproductive organ
Stamen
This inflorescence type is borne on tip/end of shoot
Terminal
Fleshy fruit produced from single ovary; most common fruit
Berry
Inner floral envelope surrounding the reproductive organs, commonly pigmented to attract pollinators.
Petal
(Funnel-shaped) A flower that widens gradually from the base, ending in an open or flared shape
Trumpet
Stalk of a flower.
Pedicle
Collective term for fused petals; interior to the sepals
Corolla
Staminate and pistillate flowers occurring on the same plant.
Perfect
Staminate and Pistillate flowers located on different plants
Dioecious
(Two-lipped) A flower divided into an upper 'hood' and a lower flattened platform.
Bilabiate
An immature seed
Ovule
Type of inflorescence that blooms from bottom up (the inflorescence keeps growing and making more flowers)
Indeterminate
Term for a flower that has stamens but no pistils.
Staminate
Stalk of the male reproductive organ on a flower
Filament
(Bell-shaped) A flower with a wide tube and flared lobes (petal tips). Flowers are generally shorter and fatter than tubular flowers and more closed/fused than stellate.
Campanulate
Swollen basal portion of pistil containing ovules
Ovary
Inflorescence type that ends in a flower and blooms down (backwards)
Determinate
Staminate and pistillate flowers occur on the same individual plant
Monoecious
Collective term for fused sepals
Calyx
This Flower/Inflorescence borne in the axils of leaf and shoot
Axillary
Outer floral envelope, usually at base of flower, protective in bud and early fruiting stages
Sepal
Female reproductive organ
Pistil
Term for a flower that has pistils but no stamens
Pistillate