Inflorescence
/in-flor-ES-ens/🌸 Flower Parts●● Intermediate
Also known as: flower cluster
The arrangement of flowers on a flowering shoot or axis. Common types include raceme (unbranched with stalked flowers), spike (unbranched with sessile flowers), umbel (flower stalks from one point), panicle (branched raceme), and cyme (determinate branching).
Etymology
From Latin inflorescentia, from inflorescere (to begin to bloom).
Example
“Hydrangeas produce large, showy inflorescences composed of many tiny individual flowers.”