Native Plants
Botanical Glossary
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions.
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| Campanulate | Bell-shaped. | |
| Capitulescence | The inflorescence of a capitulum-bearing plant as in many species in Asteraceae. | |
| Capitulum | An inflorescence composed of multiple florets arranged in a flower head and surrounded by an involucre of bracts as found on many species in Asteraceae. | |
| Capsule | A dry fruit that splits open along three or more lines. | capsule.jpg |
| Caryopsis | A dry, one-seeded fruit (achene) with ovary wall united to the seed coat, characteristic of grasses. | |
| Catkin | A spikelike flower cluster that bears scaly bracts and petalless, unisexual flowers. | |
| Caudate | Tapering gradually into a long taillike tip | |
| Clasping | Leaf partially encircles the stem. | |
| Complete flower | A flower with sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil present. | |
| Compound | A leaf divided into two or more leaflets. | |
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