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Petal-like flaps, often elongated to form a crown-like tube (as for example in a daffodil) Self-pollinating flowers with petals and sepals that never open Modified stem that resembles a leaf (for example in Butcher's Broom) Green pigment important in photosynthesis The female seed-producing unit in a flower, consisting of an ovary connected by a style to a stigma The outer whorl of a flower, which is made up of its set of sepals Usually refers to limstone rock or chalky soil with a high calcium content Secondary bract at the base of secondary branches of the flower stalkįood storage organ formed by a cluster of fleshy leaf basesĪ small bulb sometimes located in the axil of a leaf or bract Leaf-like structure often found beneath a flower Located at the base of an organ, for example a leaf at the base of a stem The angle between a stem and a branch or a leafĬross between a hybrid and one of its parents Seed reproduction from unfertilised egg cellsĪ plant whose natural habitat is water (usually implying inland freshwater habitats) Leaves occurring singly on opposite sides of a stem, rather than in pairsįlowering plant whose seeds develop inside an ovaryĪ plant that germinates, flowers and dies within 12 monthsĪ male reproductive organ of a flower that bears pollen Species in geographical areas that do not overlap Plant introduced from outside its natural rangeįertilisation by pollen from a flower of the same species Roots and buds that appear on a stem in abnormal places Sharply pointed (referring to a leaf, for example) Radially symmetrical or having more than one plane of symmetry Without chlorophyll, a green pigment, and therefore unable to photosynthesise This glossary explains botanical and related terminology that you may come across in wildflower books and in plant science papers.