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Word of the Week: Raceme
raceme [ rey-seem, ruh-seem] noun: a flower cluster with separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem (flowers at base develop first). Racemes can be simple or compound.
When you see grasses forming wispy or fluffy heads in the summer, you probably don’t immediately think, “Oh what pretty flowers!” But flowers, they are, their arrangement often described as racemes. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo), Claytonia virginica (spring beauty), Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush), Convallaria spp. (Lily-of-the-valley), Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower), Pedicel, Persicaria virginiana (Virginia knotweed), Phlox paniculata (garden phlox), Raceme, Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem), Sessile, Spike, Spikelet, Wisteria frutescens (American wisteria)
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