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Inflorescences

 8-Basal (scape)

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Basal inflorescence or scape — the flowers are borne on a leafless peduncle that arises from a cluster of leaves at the base of the plant.

This example is shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia), a common spring prairie plant.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants growing at Bluff Springs Fen Nature Preserve, Cook County, Illinois.
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