In this article we will discuss about the structure of Nelumbo nucifera with the help of diagram. Habit: A perennial aquatic herb. Root: Adventitious slender and perennial. Stem: Rhizomatous, branched and rooted in mud. Leaves: Simple, forming a "triad" i.e. one scaly leaf on the lower side of rhizome, another on upper side bearing in its axil the flower and [...]
Ericaceae are mostly shrubs, rarely trees or undershrub's or trailing or scrambling vines. Leaves are simple, alternate or opposite or whorled, leathery, exstipulate. Inflorescence axillary or terminal clusters or raceme or panicle or flowers solitary and axillary. Flowers are hermaphrodite, usually actinomorphic, hypogynous or rarely epigynous. Calyx 4-7- lobed, persistent; lobes imbricate; sometimes sepals free. Corolla 4-7-lobed, funnel shaped, campanulate [...]
Plumbaginaceae are perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves are simple, alternate, stipulate or exstipulate. Inflorescence various, racemes, spikes, panicles, cymose heads or dichasial cymes, etc. Flowers are bisexual, actinomorphic or slightly zygomorphic, hypogynous and pentamerous. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed, membranous, persistent, lobes valvate. Corolla tubular; lobes 5, often free very near to the base, contorted. Stamens 5, opposite to petals and often [...]