Very simple green plants without stems, leaves, or flowers. Often strap-like and colorful. Disk Flower Inner cluster of small flowers in some Compositae.
Petals are small but still colorful, usually the same color.
Tubular Flower Part or all of the petals are fused as in the Phlox or Convolvulaceae families. Bracts The green, modified leaves, below the petals. The modified top of the stem, supporting the flowers that are crowded into the head. The slender, basal portion of the leaf that attaches to the stem. Node Site on stem where leaves and flowers grow.