The expanded part at the end of the flower stalk on which the organs of a flower (i.e. sepals, petals, stamens and carpels) are inserted; receptacles are fused in capitulate inflorescences and then the word is often used to mean the entire broadened stalk (head) on which the individual flowers develop.
(In species with compound heads) also used for the expanded part of the headstalk that bears the collected flowers (e.g. in Compositae/Asteraceae or Dipsacaceae).
The region at the end of a pedicel or on an axis which bears one or more flowers.
Part of the floral axis supporting floral parts.
The support of a flower, 1. e., the thickened upper surface of the apex of the peduncle or pedicel; particularly, however, the place of attachment of the flowers of a head.
The tip of the flower-stalk, to which all the floral parts (sepals, petals, stamens, carpels) are attached; it may be dome-shaped or conical (as in Buttercups or Mayweeds); cup-shaped and hollowed out, with the carpels within the cup (as in many members of the Rose family); or a flat disc.
The enlarged end of the stem to which the floral parts are attached.
The cup-shaped, conical or flat uppermost part of the stem bearing the flower parts.