Rosette (botany)
Botany term for a circular arrangement of leaves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves.
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In flowering plants, rosettes usually sit near the soil. Their structure is an example of a modified stem in which the internode gaps between the leaves do not expand, so that all the leaves remain clustered tightly together and at a similar height. Some insects induce the development of galls that are leafy rosettes.[1]
In bryophytes and algae, a rosette results from the repeated branching of the thallus as the plant grows, resulting in a circular outline.