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Inflorescences can be single or multi-flowered and the flowers can be stalkless (sessile) or carried on a stalk (pedicel) of varying length.
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Spike: multi-flowered undivided inflorescence with the flowers either stalkless (sessile) or on very short hardly discernible stalks (subsessile). |
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Raceme: multi-flowered undivided inflorescence with the flowers distinctly stalked. |
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Panicle: a multi-flowered branched inflorescence. |
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Condensed head: a specialised inflorescence with all parts greatly condensed, the flowers stalkless and surrounded by rows of bracts (capitulum). |
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Umbel: an inflorescence with the flower stalks arising from the same point: this arrangement usually results in the flowers radiating from the end of the inflorescence stalk. |
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Single flower: an inflorescence of this type bears a single flower. An inflorescence stalk (peduncle) can be present but is often reduced to a small basal part. |