What Does Umbellate Mean?

1 : bearing, consisting of, or arranged in umbels. 2 : resembling an umbel in form.

What is Umbellate?

In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) which spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin umbella "parasol, sunshade".

What is a simple umbel?

14-Simple umbel. Umbel- a racemose inflorescence in which all the individual flower stalks arise in a cluster at the top of the peduncle and are of about equal length. This example is blood-flower (Asclepias currassavica).