![]() Many flowers in the Campanula family are described as tubular bells, meaning they are rather longer than a bell shape, but still have flared tips. ![]() Very often, flowers are not quite any of these shapes, but are something in between. These look like single petals but are all individual flowers, each one capable of producing its own seed.Īs with leaf shapes and the arrangement of flowers, these descriptions can only give you a general idea of the shapes of flowers. (Strap-shaped) A flower with one large, long, thin petal, typical of ray-florets of the Aster/Daisy Family (Asteraceae). (Pea-shaped) The flower shape typical of members of the Papilionaceae, having a large upper petal called the standard, two large side petals called wings, and two lower petals, often fused together, called the keel, which encloses the stamens and stigma. (Lipped) A flower divided into an upper 'hood' and a lower flat or pouched lip, typical of members of the Deadnettle/Mint Family (Lamiaceae). The example is an unknown tropical species. Typical of members of the Cabbage Family (Brassicaceae). (Cross-shaped) A flower with four petals at right angles to one another. The example is Sisyrinchium bermudianum album. (Star-shaped) A flower with many narrow petals arising separately from a central point. Much the same as cup-shaped.Ī flower that is almost flat, with slightly upturned petal tips. (Urn-shaped) A flower in which the petals are fused into an almost enclosed globe shape, separating at the mouth into individual flared petals.Ī flower with a deep dish shape, roughly hemispherical, with straight sides or with a very slight flare at the tips. ![]() (Funnel-shaped) A flower that widens gradually from the base, ending in an open or flared shape.Ī flower that starts as a narrow tube, but widens into a flared mouth, where the petals often turn back.Ī flower with a long, thin tube, that widens suddenly into a flat-faced flower.Ī flower with a long, thin, straight-sided tube formed of united petals, often separating at the mouth into a flared shape. The length of the tube is variable, and the open-ness of the flower, but campanulate is generally shorter and fatter than tubular, and more closed than stellate. (Bell-shaped) A flower with a wide tube and flared lobes (petal tips), typical of the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae).
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