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Bract |
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| A
bract
is
a
small
leaf
or
scale
at
the
base
of
a
flower
or
inflorescence.
Countless species across much of the plant kingdom have bracts. They are highly variable in description. Some look like other green leaves: relatively thin and flexible, often smaller in size. Others are like scales: thicker, firmer and lack some or all green pigment. |
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| Figure A. Leaf-like bracts of (Cyperus esculentus). |
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| Figure B. Leaf-like bracts of Carex sparganioides. |
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| Figure C. Scale-like bracts of Carex laxiflora. |
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| Figure D. Leaf-lke bracts of Symphyotrichum lowrieanum. |
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| Figure E. Involucral bracts of Bidens frondosa. |
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