# Bracteole

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bracteole
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a small [bract](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bract "leaf-like structure or scale that subtends an inflorescence or flower.") situated on the [pedicel](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/pedicel "the stalk of each single flower, or of a sporangium of a fern or of a spikelet of a grass.") below a [flower](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/flower "the sexual reproductive structure of the Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) usually consisting of gynoecium, androecium, and perianth.") but not subtending it, usually paired in [dicotyledons](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/dicotyledons "A group of Angiosperms (Magnoliopsida) whose embryos have two cotyledons.") and single in monocotyledons.