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The length of corolla tube with fused or adnate stamens [unusual term].  

The large upper/posterior petal (outside in the bud) of a papilionaceous corolla. (Note that in a resupinate papilionaceous flower the standard is lowermost, functioning as a landing platform for pollinators). A recognized document defining requirements for the process or product to conform to. The upper petal of a papillionaceous corolla. The top petal in a…

A band of tissue around the apex of the hypanthium on which the stamens are inserted (e.g. in Eucalyptus).  

A sterile or abortive stamen, usually much smaller than a stamen and not bearing pollen. A sterile or rudimentary stamen without a pollen-containing anther.    

(Adject.) of the staminode.  

(Of flowers) bearing stamens; (Of plants or flowers) male. A unisexual (male) flower in which stamens are present, the carpels being rudimentary or suppressed. Male angiosperm flower that lacks functional pistils. Describes a male flower having one or more stamens, but no functional pistils. Male, bearing male organs or male flowers only.  

With a stalk, not sessile, attached to another organ by a narrow cylindrical part.  

Any support of an organ that has some length. The main stem of an herbaceous plant; any part of a plant (such as petiole or peduncle) that supports another part, such as leaf or flower. A structure that attaches one organ to another by a narrow terete part. The two terms are almost interchangeable, but…

Rough, with tips of scales/bracts etc. projecting outwards; (In shrubs and trees) with the branches at ± right angles to the stem. Where scales, leaves, or other appendages, spread widely from the axis.  

Covered with small scales.