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BLOOM SCAR:

The circular, usually white, marks left on the daylily scape after each spent bloom falls off. Each scar represents one bloom, so after the bloom season is completed bloom scars can be counted (adding any seed pods) to determine the bud count for a cultivar.

bloom scar
Photo by Michael Brown, used with permission.
© Copyright 2000, 2007 by the American Hemerocallis Society, Inc.
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