pedicel

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A narrowing called the articulation separates the floral axis from the lower pedicel, which attached the flower to a stem.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Ovary inferior, appearing as a swelling below the calyx at the apex of the pedicel — 151. 151a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate; capsule usually shorter than the pedicel, rather less broadly winged.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Achene ovate, flat, extremely oblique, reflexed on the winged or margined pedicel, nearly naked.—Perennial herbs, with stinging hairs, large alternate serrate leaves, and axillary stipules.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Spikelets ovate, subsessile or shortly pedicelled upon one side of the rhachis of a spike, with a callus at base and jointed on the pedicel, 1-flowered.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa