descriptionA spike is a raceme, but the flowers develop directly from the stem and are not borne on pedicels, as in barley (Hordeum)....(see photograph). Each flower terminates a short stalk called a pedicel. The main axis has indeterminate growth; therefore, its growth does not cease at the onset of flowering. A spike is a raceme except that the flowers are attached directly to the axis at the axil of each leaf rather than to a pedicel (see photograph). An example of a spike is the...
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