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    • Because the collection has the overall appearance of a single flower, the collection of flowers in the head of this sunflower is called a pseudanthium or a composite. Pseudanthia are characteristic of the daisy and sunflower family , whose flowers are differentiated into ray flowers and disk flowers, unique to this family.… See more

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    A pseudanthium (Ancient Greek for 'false flower'; pl.: pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescen… See more

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    The term pseudanthium was originally applied to flowers with stamens in two whorls with the outer whorl opposite the petals (obdiplostemonate) or polyandric flowers; by the early 1900s the term was repurpose… See more

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    The collection of independent organs into a complex structure is called synorganization.
    Head is an equivalent term for flower head and pseudanthium when used in the botanical sense.
    Capitulum (… See more

    What is a head of a dandelion?
    A head (capitulum) is a short dense spike in which the flowers are borne directly on a broad, flat peduncle, giving the inflorescence the appearance of a single flower, as in the dandelion (Taraxacum). A head is a raceme in which the peduncle is flattened and the flowers are attached directly to it (e.g., aster family, Asteraceae).
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