Flower Info Listing From Tepal To Verticillaster
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| Botanical name | English name | Description |
|---|---|---|
T | ||
| Tepal | Leaf | |
 |
This Refers To the Parts of a flower |
A Tepal is a petal or a sepal and one part of the perianth. A tepal is a modified sepal or petal. The word tepal is used when the petal or sepal have been modified to be similar like in the lily. Were the perianth is not differentiated into two distinctive segments, such as a calyx (made up of sepals) and a corolla (which is made up of petals). |
| Thyrse | Wand | |
 |
This Refers To the Flower type |
A mixed inflorescence consisting of a dense, panicle-like flower cluster, in which the lateral branches terminate in cymes. A lilac is a good example. |
U | ||
| Umbel | Umbrella | |
 |
This Refers To the Flower type |
This inflorenscence has flowers arising from the flower stalk from a common point like an umbrella. The inflorenscence is domed or flattened, with the youngest flowers at the center. |
| Umbel (Compound) | Multiple umbrella | |
 |
This Refers To the Flower type |
A flat-topped or rounded flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point and a further cluster arise from each individual flower stalk. |
V | ||
| Verticillaster | Whorl | |
 |
This Refers To the Flower type |
A much reduced cymose inflorescence resembling a whorl but actually arising in the axils of opposite bracts, as in most mints. |