Variations

Plants produce a variety of inflorescences, and they sometimes do not fit neatly into the patterns described so far. However, many of these are combinations of the patterns discussed here. For example, some plants produce axillary umbels (i.e, there is an umbel in the axil of each leaf). Some produce a panicle of heads (heads of flowers arranged in a panicle), some produce panicles of umbels (umbels arranged in a panicle), some produce panicles of racemes (racemes arranged in panicles), etc.