ray flower

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  • chrysanthemums
    In Asteraceae: Flowers

    …or more marginal rows of ray flowers, which have an irregular corolla. The corollas are tubular at the base but prolonged on the outer side into a generally flat projection, the ray, or ligule. These rays are the petal-like parts, in a comparison of the flower head to an ordinary…

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  • snake gourd flower
    In angiosperm: Inflorescences

    …for instance, the outer (or ray) flowers have a well-developed zygomorphic corolla, and the inner (disk) flowers have a small actinomorphic corolla. The inner disk flowers generally are complete flowers, and the ray flowers generally are sterile.

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