# Glume

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

- [bract](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bract "leaf-like structure or scale that subtends an inflorescence or flower.") subtending the [flower](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/flower "the sexual reproductive structure of the Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) usually consisting of gynoecium, androecium, and perianth.") in the [spikelet](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/spikelet "a unit of the grass inflorescence usually consisting of two glumes with one of more florets;") of Cyperaceae;
- empty [bract](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bract "leaf-like structure or scale that subtends an inflorescence or flower.") (usually 2, one on either side) at the base of the spikelets of grasses.

## Related terms

- [Bract](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/bract)
- [Glumaceous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/glumaceous)
- [Utricle](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/utricle)

- [Grass Structure](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/grass_structure "Gramineae: (a) diagram of a spikelet with 3 florets, with the rachilla elongated; (b1) diagram of a spikelet with 1 floret; (b2) floret taken from the same spikelet; (b3) flower of same; (c1) spikelet disarticulating below the glumes; (c2) spikelet disarticulating above the glumes; (d1) lemma with a terminal awn; (d2) lemma with a dorsal awn; (d3) lemma with a bifid apex and dorsal awn; (d4) lemma with a bifid apex and awn arising from the base of the notch; (e) lemmas with ragged apices (Diplachne fusca).")