Plants can have one flower {solitary flower} per stem.
floret
Plants can have flower clusters {floret} on stems in racemose or cyme form {inflorescence}.
racemose
Florets can start from bottom and go up in spikes, racemes, corymbs, umbels, or heads {racemose inflorescence}. Many stemless florets can attach to long flower stems or peduncles {spike inflorescence}, as in gladiolus. Florets can be on small stems attached to peduncles {raceme inflorescence}, as in snapdragon. Florets can have random stalks and pedicels along peduncles {corymb inflorescence}, so florets make flat round tops, as in yarrow. Corymbs can have pedicels that all arise from one peduncle point {umbel inflorescence}, as in dill. Many stemless florets can arrange as in daisies {head inflorescence} {composite inflorescence}.
cyme
Top florets can open first and bloom downward along peduncles {cyme inflorescence}. Florets can be opposite along peduncles {dischasium cyme inflorescence}, as in baby's breath. Lower florets can be on the same peduncle side {helicoid cyme inflorescence}, as in freesia and statice. Florets can alternate along peduncles {scorpioid cyme inflorescence}, as in tomato and potato.
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