flower shape

Blossom's basic outline

Flower shape describes the overall form or silhouette of a bloom, used especially in gardening and botany to classify plants.

Common flower shapes include bell-shaped, star-shaped, tubular, and cup-shaped.

The term helps gardeners select plants for visual variety: I'm looking for trumpet-shaped flowers to attract hummingbirds.

Related
  • petalBloom's colorful segment
  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • blossomFlower on fruit tree
  • rosetteCircular ribbon ornament
  • bellHollow resonating instrument

five petals · lily of the valley · trumpet · cup · star · daisy · tubular · funnel · orchid · symmetry · whorl · spiral · corolla · unfurling · delicate · radial · layered · ruffled

Categories
Opposites
plant part morphology

flower shapeleaf shape

Configuration of blade edges

root structure · root system

structural vs. non-structural plant attributes

flower shapeflower color

Pigmentation of blooms

flower scent

Family

flower, shape, flowers, flowered, flowering, flowery, floral, flourish, flourishing

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