Spike

A spike is a type of flower cluster where many flowers connect directly to the top of a stem.

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons

Many grasses have their flowers in spikes.

Annual Beard Grass – photo courtesy Keir Morse

For more on types of flower clusters, see inflorescences.

For more on heads, see Wikipedia.

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