An inflorescence typical of the daisy family, Compositae, consisting of many stalkless florets packed onto a flattened receptacle cupped by bracts. The florets are often of two kinds: small disc florets in the centre; petal-like ray florets around the edge. The whole inflorescence gives the impression of being a single flower.
The term Capitulum can refer to three things:
In botany, plants may have a flower head that is a dense, with indeterminate inflorescence of sessile or subsessile flowers crowded on a compound receptacle; In entomology, some species of stick insects, like the genus Bacteria have a structure similar to an elaiosome on their eggs, which encourages ants to pick them up and carry them away. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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