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Page 142: 3,140 results for bract

  • Carex rosea (rosy sedge)

    ...Lowest bract sheath: the lowest bract has no sheath (or a very short sheath up to four millimeters in length). Pollen- and seed-producing spikes: ...

  • Malvaceae: Dichotomous Key

    ...elongate bract [Figs. 722, 723]; stamens pentadelphous; fruit a nut-like drupe 1b. Plants herbaceous or shrubs to 6 m tall in Hibiscus syriacus; inflorescence without an adnate bra...

  • Papaveraceae: Dichotomous Key

    ...green bracts 1–2 mm long; capsules erect to ascending, 25–45 (–50) mm long [Fig. 757] 4b. Corolla pale yellow, bright yellow, or purple (rarely white, pink, red, or blue-purple); inflores...

  • Carex Group 5: Dichotomous Key

    ...Lowermost bract of inflorescence (excluding basal spikes) bladeless or with a blade up to 2 mm long, strongly anthocyanic 3b. Lowermost bract of inflorescence with blades more than 3 mm l...

  • Section Phacocystis: Dichotomous Key

    ...Lowest bract of inflorescence exceeding the total height of the inflorescence (often conspicuously so) [Fig. 101]; leaf blades amphistomic 9a. Leaves 1.5–3.5 mm wide; perigynia with (3–) ...

  • Atriplex: Dichotomous Key

    ...suborbicular bracteoles and others with a 5-merous perianth and no bracteoles; fruits trimorphic­­—vertically oriented brown fruits, vertically oriented black fruits enclosed within bracteoles, and ho...

  • Artemisia: Dichotomous Key

    ...involucral bracts glabrous 7a. Capitulescence dense, resembling a spike, 2–4 cm wide, with inconspicuous peduncles and erect or ascending capitula; involucre 2–3 mm tall; plants inodorous...

  • Cuscuta: Dichotomous Key

    ...imbricate bracts; seeds (1.9–) 2–2.6 mm long 4b. Sepals connate at the base; flowers not individually provided with bracts; seeds 0.9–2.2 mm long 5a. All or many flowers with...

  • Erodium: Dichotomous Key

    ...long; bracts of umbel ovate-orbicular 2b. Sepals 8–15 mm long; mericarps 7.5–11 mm long; carpel beaks (25–) 50–113 mm long; bracts of umbel lanceolate to ovate or triangular ...

  • Ribes: Dichotomous Key

    ...lanceolate bracts [Fig. 674]; racemes with 6–15 flowers; calyx lobes glabrous or very sparsely pubescent on the abaxial surface; ovary without resin glands; branchles with prominent decurrent ridges e...