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Disc floret - corolla tube shape

This feature concerns only the shape of disc floret (not ray floret) corolla tubes. If your head has only ray florets, do not use this feature.

The corolla limb may be short or long.

 

campanulate

Bell-shaped; sides curving, flared at apex.

 

funnelform

Funnel-shaped; narrow base and straight sides; limb erect to reflexed.

 

urceolate

Urn-shaped; more or less globose or ovoid at base and constricted toward the apex. Limb erect to reflexed.

 

tubular or salverform

Elongate, cylindrical, with more or less straight sides. Tubular -- limb erect to reflexed (left); salverform -- limb spreading horizontally (right).

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