non-flowering
Lacking reproductive petals
Non-flowering describes plants that reproduce without producing flowers, typically through spores, cones, or other mechanisms.
Ferns, mosses, and conifers are common non-flowering plants.
The term appears most often in gardening and botany contexts to distinguish these plants from the angiosperms—the flowering plants that dominate most landscapes.
The shady corner of the garden featured non-flowering plants like ferns and hostas.
Spore-spreading vascular plant
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- gymnospermExposed-seed plant
- sporeAsexual reproductive cell
cycad · ginkgo · horsetail · liverwort · pine · spruce · cedar · juniper
Asexual reproductive cell
- asexualWithout erotic attraction
- vegetativeOf plant growth
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- runnerOne who sprints
cutting · division · propagation · clone · budding · fragmentation · stolons · offset
Plant's leafy covering
- greeneryCollective plant life
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- textureSurface tactile quality
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
woodland · understory · landscape · hostas · ornamental · leafy · lush · backdrop
fern
Spore-spreading vascular plant
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- gymnospermExposed-seed plant
spore · cycad · ginkgo · horsetail · liverwort · pine · spruce · cedar · juniper · yew
spore
Asexual reproductive cell
- asexualWithout erotic attraction
- vegetativeOf plant growth
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
runner · cutting · division · propagation · clone · budding · fragmentation · stolons · offset · plantlet
foliage
Plant's leafy covering
groundcover · woodland · understory · landscape · hostas · ornamental · leafy · lush · backdrop · border
non-floweringflowering
Producing reproductive structures
flower-bearing · angiosperm · blooming · blossoming · in bloom
flower, flowering, floral, florist, deflower, floriculture, flowerless