Glume
In botany, a glume is a
palea
.
In grasses, two bracts known as "glumes" form the lowermost organs of a spikelet (there are usually two but one is sometimes reduced; or rarely, both are absent).floret.
In sedges, by contrast, a glume is a scale at the base of each flower in a spikelet.[2]
References
- ISBN 9780521707725.
- ISBN 9780901158352.