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
Glossary: 
flowers aggregated

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith