In some plants,where flowering occurs more than once,what would you call the inter-flowering period-"Juvenile" or "mature" ?

The lack of reliable sources for such a basic question surprised me.· Juvenility: after germination, the plant grows larger as its cells divide and enlarge to form stems, leaves, and roots. In certain woody plants, this stage is marked by the plant's incapacity to produce flowers or by the reduction or loss of cuttings' capacity to form adventitious roots.

· Maturity: the development and formation of the sexual organs (flower buds, flowers, fruit, and seed) characterize this phase.

Growing plants under low light has been found to prolong juvenility, or sometimes return plants to a state of juvenility if they have entered an adult phase. The regression to "vegetative state" as indicated here may be more likely in this example: https://tutor.hix.ai While the change from the adult vegetative to adult reproductive stages is abrupt, the change from juvenile to adult vegetative is slow and often results in intermediate forms where part of a plant will be juvenile while another part is mature.

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According to my interpretation (above), the inter-flowering period is the interval between two consecutive flowerings. For plants that flower more than once, the inter-flowering period is the juvenile phase. Although the plants pass the mature phase upon their first flowering, they still need to develop further in order to flower again.~ https://tutor.hix.ai

The inter-flowering period in plants that flower more than once would be considered "mature."