Having flowers or flowering structures that are irregular, unusual, or not typical of the species or family to which the plant belongs.
From Greek anomalos 'uneven' plus Latin florus, relating to 'flower' (from flos). The term emerged in botany to describe plants with atypical or irregular floral arrangements that challenged typical classification.
Some plants break all the rules about how their flowers 'should' look, and botanists use this term to flag those rebels—it's like nature is reminding us that its rules have exceptions!
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