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what are RAY FLORETS and DISC FLORETS?
what are RAY FLORETS and DISC FLORETS?
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Ray florets Disc Florets Petals are laterally fused, elongated with three or four small upper lobes. These ray florets look like petals The petals are fused into a tube with 3-5 apical lobes. Many tiny, vertical florets are tightly packed so that we see only the top of each disk floret. Ray florets are either female means they have a pistil or they are neutral & if present they are sterile. They are either bisexual, or male containing fertile stamen & mostly a sterile pistil. Ray florets are arranged around the circumference of flower. Disk florets make up the center of a flower head.
| Ray florets | Disc Florets |
| Petals are laterally fused, elongated with three or four small upper lobes. These ray florets look like petals | The petals are fused into a tube with 3-5 apical lobes. Many tiny, vertical florets are tightly packed so that we see only the top of each disk floret. |
| Ray florets are either female means they have a pistil or they are neutral & if present they are sterile. | They are either bisexual, or male containing fertile stamen & mostly a sterile pistil. |
| Ray florets are arranged around the circumference of flower. | Disk florets make up the center of a flower head. |
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