Flower stalk - Kakei

Japanese: 花茎 - かけい
Flower stalk - Kakei

A stem that bears one or more flowers without ordinary leaves and that grows underground or near the surface of the ground, such as the stalk of a cyclamen, the stalk of a daffodil, or the axis of an inflorescence of a purple moss. It is also called a basal peduncle. Ordinary leaves of plants with flower stems may grow in bundles from underground organs with short internodes, such as bulbs or corms, may grow horizontally from shortened stems (short stems with extremely shortened internodes) near the surface of the ground and spread out in a rosette shape, or may grow from a transverse stem, such as a rhizome or stolon.

[Fukuda Taiji]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

シクラメンの花柄、スイセンの花序の柄、ムラサキサギゴケの花序の軸などのように普通葉をつけずに単一または複数の花をつける茎で、地中または地表面付近から出て立ち上がるものをいう。根生花梗(かこう)ともいう。花茎をもつ植物の普通葉は、鱗茎(りんけい)、球茎など節間の短い地下器官から束生する場合、地表面付近の短縮茎(節間が極度に短縮した短い茎)から水平に出てロゼット状に広がる場合、根茎や匍匐茎(ほふくけい)のように横走する茎から出る場合などがある。

[福田泰二]

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