page_title: Fascicle (botany)
section_title: In flowering plants
hierarchical_section_title: Fascicle (botany) / In flowering plants
caption_attribution_description: English: Lavandula inflorescence showing flowers fasciculated into whorls or partial whorls around the peduncle.
context_page_description: In botany, a fascicle is a bundle of leaves or flowers growing crowded together; alternatively the term might refer to the vascular tissues that supply such an organ with nutrients. However, vascular tissues may occur in fascicles even when the organs they supply are not fascicled.
context_section_description: Fascicles do occur in some flowering plants, though not as frequently as in many conifers.  Consequently, when fascicles are present the specific epithet often refers to them.
  Examples include Prunus fasciculata and Adenostoma fasciculatum.  Species with flowers in fascicles include Aechmea biflora and Melicytus ramiflorus, several species of Malva, and the entire genus Flueggea.  Some species of the family Alseuosmiaceae have flowers in fascicles.
  In the Bignoniaceae in the genus Rhigozum flowers are borne in fascicles from cushion-like, dwarf branchlets in the axils of leaves, and several species also bear leaves in fascicles on similar or shared branchlets.
  Both leaf and flower fascicles occur among Angiospermae, often as adaptations facilitating pollination, such as in many Lamiaceae, of which some Lavandula are typical. Other plant fascicles are adaptations to achieve greater compactness for defensive reasons. For example, in Opuntia cacti, spines are produced in fascicles bearing a few long spines and many short spiny bristles (or glochids).
caption: Lavandula peduncle showing flowers fasciculated into whorls or partial whorls around the peduncle
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