Flowers with no reduced leaves at the base of the pedicel are called

• A. Ebracteate
• B. Bracteate
• C. Bracts
• D. Polysepalous

Answer: (A)

Bracts are small leaf-like structures that can sit at the base of a flower or its pedicel. When such bracts are present, the flower is described as bracteate. If there are no reduced leaves at the base of the pedicel—i.e., bracts are absent—the flower is ebracteate. This distinction helps describe how the flower attaches and presents itself on the inflorescence. The term bracts would indicate the presence of those leaf-like structures, which doesn’t fit the description of having none, while polysepalous refers to sepals being free from one another, not to any bracts at the base.