Quick Answer: The Guide to Describing Flowers describes and illustrates the main characters used in plant identification, from flower symmetry and floral parts to leaf features, with a field checklist on the reverse.
Last updated: October 2026
Key Features
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic and zygomorphic
Flower overview: whorl, calyx, sepals, petals, stamens and carpels
Leaf venation, arrangement, position, margins, bases, shape and stipules; simple and compound leaves
Carpel parts (stigma, style, ovary, ovule) and inferior and superior ovaries
Reverse side: checklist of the main characters to record in the field
Guidance on writing a floral formula
About This Product
The guide sets out the characters used to describe and identify flowering plants. Beyond the flower itself, it covers describing fruits such as berries, drupes, achenes, nuts and capsules, plant form (herb, shrub or tree), organs of vegetative reproduction such as stolons and rhizomes, and inflorescences such as spikes and panicles. Besides buyers across India, the Guide to Describing Flowers can be exported to institutions in Montenegro, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Australia and Saudi Arabia.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is on the reverse of the guide? The reverse side carries text that includes a checklist of the main characters that can be recorded in the field.
