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Inflorescences

 15-Compound umbel

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Compound umbel-instead of individual flowers radiating out from a single point, there are instead inflorescence branches. At the ends of each branch are secondary umbels.

This example is Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot (Daucus carota).

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants growing in Champaign County, Illinois.
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