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| habit |
inflorescence - flower in the
middle with yellow anthers visible and cyathium below. Do you see
the new flowers emerging to the left and right? |
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| inflorescences closeup--note
the pairs of leaflike bracts underneath each inflorescence; the green
growths on either side of the flower are new flowers emerging |
flower with a different view
of the cyathium |
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| close-up view of an individual
flower with bracts pulled down; the yellow structure subtending the stamens
contains an involucre of glands with erect horns at each end |
another close-up view of an
individual flower showing the subtending involucral glands |
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| leaves |
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