Diagram - Corn plant with Tassel Floret Diagram Insert

Anther - the sac-like structure of the stamen of a flower in which the pollen is formed.

Tassel Floret - a single floral structure that contains a number of anthers enclosed by a glume

Glume - a bract made up of a lemma and palea that encloses a floret

Tassel - The flower cluster at the tip of the corn plant comprised on the pollen bearing flowers

Glume band - The articulated region at the base of the glume.

Ear - the mature fruit-bearing structure of corn

Tiller - a secondary plant stem bearing reproductive structures

Brace roots - roots initiated at the lowest plant internode before ground level

Roots - structure of a plant providing physical support and acting as a transport mechanism for water and nutrients to the plant

Ear wing - a fin or wing like appendage on the ear sheath

Flag leaf - the uppermost leaf

Leaf Blade - the extended part of the leaf lamina

Leaf sheath - the lowermost portion of the leaf which enrobes the main stem

Ear shank - structure that attaches the ear to the main stem of the plant

Tassel internode - the region between the uppermost tassel bearing node that the node immediately below.