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
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