Pedicel (botany)
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In botany, a pedicel attaches a single flower to a stalk of its inflorescence, or a fruit to its stalk. Flowers attached to such inflorescences are described as pedicellate.
The inflorescence of Delphinium nuttallianum. Each flower is held on a pedicel from one to several centimeters long.
Long pedicels of clasping milkweed with a single peduncle
Cherry pedicels in flower and fruit (drawing)
Cherry pedicels in flower (photo)
Sessility (botany)
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In botany, sessility is a characteristic of plant organs such as flowers or leaves that have no stalk. Plant parts can also be described as subsessile, that is, not completely sessile.
Pedicel (botany)
…pedicellate. Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absence of a pedicel, the flowers are described as sessile. Pedicel is also applied to the stem of the infructescence. The word "pedicel" comes from pedicellus in Latin which is derived from pediculus meaning…
The perennial wildflower Trillium cernuum possesses three leaves that are sessile at the top of the stem.