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The term umbel denotes a specific form of the inflorescence, i.e. the accumulation of all flowers on the stem of a particular flower. The umbel assumes a fan-shaped shape, from the main axis of the respective flower strand a multitude of individual flower styles strive in different directions, at the ends of which there is a flower. Despite this fanning out, one continues to speak of a simple inflorescence, since all the flowers have the same flower axis or grow out of the same stem. Various plants also have a so-called double umbel, in which the actual umbel does not split into individual flowers at its ends, but again into a smaller umbel with some flower axes, on which a separate flower bloom is created. Well-known plants that develop their flowers in the form of an umbel are the wild garlic and many types of ivy, double umbels are formed, for example, by the parsnip or the goat's herb.
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