in heads

Current definition: 
short, dense inflorescence; capitulum
Feature ID: 
111
Pro parte: 
SSA: a dense inflorescence of sessile or nearly sessile flowers on a compound receptacle FPW: a dense inflorescence of small, crowded, often stalkless, flowers - a capitulum ATRFT1: usually used to describe inflorescences when the flowers are produced in a definite structure where the flowers (often without stalks) are densely packed in various ways without any obvious branching pattern. CGBT: a short, dense spike of flowers; the capitulum in Compositae
Feature Status: 
Core
Similar concepts: 
IPT: a short dense inflorescence of sessile (or nearly sessile) flowers, situated on an axis that is much compressed vertically and sometimes flattened or saucer shaped.
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