Globularia

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Globularia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/globularia/). Accessed 2024-04-25.

Family

Globulariaceae

Species in genus

Globularia cordifolia

Glossary

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
ovary: Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
bisexual: See hermaphrodite.
calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
corolla: The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.
family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
involucre: A ring of bracts surrounding an inflorescence.
nut: Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit with woody outer wall.
style: Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Globularia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/globularia/). Accessed 2024-04-25.

A genus of about twenty-eight species, natives of the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, southern and central Europe, and Asia Minor. Flowers bisexual, united into a globular head, surrounded at the base by a many-bracted involucre. Calyx five-lobed. Corolla two-lipped, the upper lip short, two-lobed, the lower three-lobed. Stamens four, inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary superior, with a single style. Fruit a one-seeded nutlet, surrounded by the persistent calyx. The only other genus in the family is confined to Somaliland and Socotra.