Head

 

Many flowers are held tightly together in a head.

 

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons

 

Composite flowers in the Aster Family are gathered in heads.

Eastwood’s Seaside Agoseris - photo © Neal Kramer

 

 

For more on types of flower clusters, see inflorescences.

 

For more on heads, see Wikipedia.

 

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