Be a Flower Spotter

Spotter guide

Flowers come in many different shapes and colours. They are also grouped together in different ways on the stem of a plant, this is called an infloresence.

  • Estimated time: 30 minutes
  • Location: Outdoors
  • School term: Early Autumn, Early Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer
  • Level of experience: No experience needed

Learning objectives

  • learn how to identify the different kinds of inflorescence
  • match the flowers that you find to the different types of inflorescence
  1. bell shaped
  2. capitulatum
  3. cluster
  4. corymb
  5. cruciform - cross shaped
  6. cup shaped
  7. double
  8. pompom
  9. raceme
  10. salverform
  11. saucer shaped
  12. solitary
  13. spike
  14. stellate
  15. trumpet shaped
  16. umbel