ray flower
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025331
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 舌状花 (Japanese)
- exact: flor del rayo (Spanish)
- exact: ray floret
- Definition
- A small pistillate flower (PO:0025599) on the margin of a head-type (capitulum) inflorescence (PO:0009049). [source: ISBN:9781842464229, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- Found in the Asteraceae, surrounding the disk flowers (PO:0025332). Usually zygomorphic, and different in form from disk flowers. Usually pistillate but sterile.
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