flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
A flat or convex flower cluster with all the flower stalks arising from one point
A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed
An arrangement of flowers springing from a common center and forming a flat or rounded cluster Striking examples of North Country plants bearing their flowers in umbels would include Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum) and Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lantana) From the Latin, umbella, diminutive of umbra, "shade "
A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre
A convex or flat-topped inflorescence where the flowers are attached at one point and the youngest flowers are in the center
An inflorescence (flowering portion of plant) in which the peduncles or pedicels of a cluster spring from the same point