Your search found 460 image(s) illustrating the term "bract." For a written explanation, click on "bract" in the Glossary.
PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 8
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
To go to the plant's detail page, click its name.
)
Thick-pod White Wild Indigo,
Baptisia alba
Flowering pedicels subtended by caducous bracts [here already gone] 1-2mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Appalachian Golden-banner,
Thermopsis mollis
Pedicels shorter than the bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Ashleaf Golden-banner,
Thermopsis fraxinifolia
Pedicels as long or longer than the bracts. Calyx glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Showy Rattlebox,
Crotalaria spectabilis
Pedicels subtended by a persistent 7-12mm bract & bearing two 1mm bractlets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Smooth Rattlebox,
Crotalaria pallida var. obovata
Calyx densely pubescent, bracteoles at its base. Corolla ~ 2x long as calyx, per Flora of China.
)
Eastern Sampson's-snakeroot,
Orbexilum psoralioides
Flowers subtended by 6-10mm long bracts with abruptly caudate, 3-5mm long tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Summer Farewell,
Dalea pinnata var. pinnata
Flower heads have a conspicuous cuplike involucre of overlapping bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
)
Viperina,
Zornia bracteata
Each flower is enveloped by two closely appressed, striate, ciliate bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium ciliare
Pedicels (2-)4-9mm long, each subtended by a secondary bract or bractlet, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Nuttall's Tick-trefoil,
Desmodium nuttallii
Bracts (subtending clusters of 2-3 flowers) usually villous, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
)
Annual Sand Bean,
Strophostyles helvola
Bracteoles (immediately subtending calyx) equal or exceed the calyx tube, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Kudzu,
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Flowers on bracted short hairy pedicels, opening from base of raceme to top, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
)
Curtiss's Milkwort,
Polygala curtissii
Bracts persist after lower flowers fall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
)
Virginia Threeseed Mercury,
Acalypha virginica
Pistillate bracts hirsute below (± stipitate-glandular), lobes 1/4-1/2 length, per Flora of North America.
)
Slender Threeseed Mercury,
Acalypha gracilens
Lobes of the pistillate bracts deltate, 1/10–1/4 bract length, per Flora of North America.
)
Common Threeseed Mercury,
Acalypha rhomboidea
Pistillate bract lobes lanceolate to triangular, 1/3-2/3 bract length, per Flora of North America.
)
Pineland Threeseed Mercury,
Acalypha ostryifolia
Pistillate spikes 3-11cm long, bracts deeply cleft into 9-17 linear teeth, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Painted Leaf,
Euphorbia dentata
Bracteal leaves usually whitish, pinkish or reddish, toward the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Fiddler's Spurge,
Euphorbia heterophylla
Cyathial gland w a circular opening; bracteal leaves purple-spotted or green, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
)
Cypress Spurge,
Euphorbia cyparissias
Bracteal leaves usually yellow-green. Glands of cyathia crescent-shaped, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Cypress Spurge,
Euphorbia cyparissias
Bracteal leaves triangular-ovate; principal stem leaves linear, 1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Caper Spurge,
Euphorbia lathyris
Bracteal leaves similar to stem leaves but shorter, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
)
White Sandhills Spurge,
Euphorbia curtisii
Lower leaves are reduced and bractlike; upper leaves linear to lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
)
Titi,
Cyrilla racemiflora
Each flower subtended by a solitary subulate (awl-shaped) bract 2-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Bladdernut,
Staphylea trifolia
Flower stalks about 3/4" long and subtended by a white bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
American Basswood,
Tilia americana var. americana
Flowers in clusters on a slender stalk with a pendent leaflike narrow bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Mountain Basswood,
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Flowers in clusters hanging from a strap-shaped bract, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
)
Mountain Basswood,
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Flowers in clusters on slender stalk with leaflike, narrow, 4-5" long bract, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
)
Mountain Basswood,
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Fruit a cluster of brown nutlets attached to a 2-3" leaflike bract, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
)
Rose-of-Sharon,
Hibiscus syriacus
5 triangular calyx lobes and 7-10 linear involucral bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Swamp Rosemallow,
Hibiscus moscheutos
A whorl of bracts below the calyx looks like a ring of spider legs, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
)
Swamp Rosemallow,
Hibiscus moscheutos
Calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, densely canescent. Involucral bracts linear, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Halberdleaf Rosemallow,
Hibiscus laevis
Calyx lobes broadly triangular, surfaces glabrous. Bractlets linear-subulate, per Flora of North America.
)
Savanna Hibiscus,
Hibiscus aculeatus
Flowers in leafy bracteate racemes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Wax Mallow,
Malvaviscus arboreus
Involucellar bractlets linear-spatulate, per Flora of North America.
)
Upland Cotton,
Gossypium hirsutum
An epicalyx of bracts immediately subtends the calyx, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
)
Golden St. Johnswort,
Hypericum frondosum
1-3 showy flowers with broad green bracts at the ends of branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Early St. Johnswort,
Hypericum nudiflorum
Minute bracteal leaves & small petals cause inflorescence to appear naked, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Common Dwarf St. Johnswort,
Hypericum mutilum var. mutilum
Inflorescence w many normally sized leaves & leaflike bracts, appearing leafy, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Strict St. Johnswort,
Hypericum virgatum
Bracteal leaves along the inflorescence branches few or none (vs. H. radfordiorum: numerous), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
)
Northern Winged Loosestrife,
Lythrum alatum
1-2 flowers in the axils of small leafy bracts, crowded along the spike, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
)
Marsh Mermaid-weed,
Proserpinaca palustris
Bracteal (emersed) leaves serrate; submersed pectinate leaves with 8-14 pairs of divisions, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
)
Southern Water-milfoil,
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Flowers/fruits (subtended by bracts) in erect spikes emersed from water, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
)
Centella,
Centella erecta
Involucre of 2 conspicuous bracts. Umbels simple, subcapitate, axillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Spreading Eryngo,
Eryngium prostratum
Bracts linear, usually 1x+ long as heads, often strongly reflexed at maturity, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Spreading Eryngo,
Eryngium prostratum
Bracts subtending the head extending conspicuously
beyond its base, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
)
Northern Rattlesnake-master,
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
Bractlets ovate or broadly lanceolate, prominent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Northern Rattlesnake-master,
Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
Bracts & bractlets lanceolate, sharp, not extending beyond flower heads, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
Sea Holly,
Eryngium maritimum
Bracts 3-5 spined, coriaceous, 0.5-3cm long & broad, exceeding the heads, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Marsh Eryngo,
Eryngium aquaticum
Middle cusp of the bractlets elongate, distinctly longer than the lateral cusps, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
)
Ravenel's Eryngo,
Eryngium ravenelii
Heads globose, 9-15mm diam. The styles exceed bractlets subtending each flower, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Ravenel's Eryngo,
Eryngium ravenelii
Middle cusp of the bractlets about equal in length to the lateral cusps, per Weakley's Flora.
)
Queen Anne's Lace,
Daucus carota ssp. carota
Involucral bracts scarious-margined [margin somewhat translucent, not green], per Weakley's Flora.
)
Queen Anne's Lace,
Daucus carota ssp. carota
Involucral bracts pinnately divided into linear to filiform segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
American Queen Anne's Lace,
Daucus pusillus
Involucral bracts not scarious-margined, involucre extending beyond the compound umbel in flower, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
)
Bur Chervil,
Anthriscus caucalis
Involucre absent. Involucel bractlets 3-5, linear or lanceolate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Southern Chervil,
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Involucel bractlets 3-5, ovate, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Southern Chervil,
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Fruit narrowly ovoid, elongate. Involucel bractlets strongly reflexed in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
Hound's-ear,
Bupleurum rotundifolium
Small yellow flowers with conspicuous ovate bractlets about 3/8" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
)
Water-hemlock,
Cicuta maculata var. maculata
Rays 15-30+. Involucel bractlets [of the umbellets] 6-9, linear-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).