in catkins
Current definition:
a slender, often pendulous, cylindrical racemose inflorescence with crowded (sub-)sessile unisexual apetalous flowers, falling as a whole after fruiting; also called an ament(um)
Feature ID:
118
Pro parte:
IPT: a scaly-bracted, usually flexuous, spike-like 'inflorescence' of cymules, prominent in the willows, birches and oaks FPW: A pendulous inflorescence of simple, unisexual flowers CGBT: a spicate, often pendulous inflorescence of unisexual, apetalous flowers
Feature Status:
Core
Similar concepts:
SSA: a dense, often pendulous spike of small unisexual flowers which have no conspicuous perianth