panicle

/pan-i-kuhl/US // ˈpæn ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈpænɪkəl) //

圆锥花序,花盘,圆锥体,圆盘

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Botany.
- : a compound raceme.
- : any loose, diversely branching flower cluster.

Unlike the other species of the same genus, its flowers form an erect spreading panicle, and the glumes are not keeled.
Your case of the panicle with open flowers being sterile is parallel to that of Leersia oryzoides.
The pretty red or rose-coloured flowers are arranged in a very loose terminal panicle, and have no scent.
The flowers are sessile, in little rounded heads; the whole inflorescence forming an irregular umbel or a loose panicle.
The flowers are very numerous, of a bright golden yellow-colour, forming a dense, terminal panicle.