Scale
🔬 Anatomy●● Intermediate
A small, flattened, frequently membranous or papery outgrowth borne on the surface of a rhizome, stipe, or frond; in ferns the scales (ramenta) clothing the rhizome and leaf-stalk are often diagnostic.
A small, flattened, frequently membranous or papery outgrowth borne on the surface of a rhizome, stipe, or frond; in ferns the scales (ramenta) clothing the rhizome and leaf-stalk are often diagnostic.