staminate
Americanadjective
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having a stamen or stamens.
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having stamens but no pistils.
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Staminate and pistillate flowers variously disposed, some of the spikes often unisexual.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Staminate: Calyx, 5 lanceolate, entire sepals; no corolla; 1 filament with 1 anther.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Staminate and pistillate portions of the spike separated, the latter 2 cm. or less in diameter Narrow-leaved Cat-tail, Typha angustifolia.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan
Staminate spikes 2 or more, long stalked; the pistillate 2–several, usually all peduncled, long and heavy, loose-flowered, erect or nodding; perigynium large, thick in texture, strongly nerved, mostly smooth, usually conspicuously beaked.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Staminate solitary, peduncles very long, involucre cordate; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 5 petals; filaments simple, one separate, 2 approximated; anthers joined at their bases.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
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