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  2. Petal - Wikipedia

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    Petal. Diagram showing the parts of a mature flower. In this example, the perianth is separated into a calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals) Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators.

  3. Flower - Wikipedia

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    A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower, petals that attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in ...

  4. Tepal - Wikipedia

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    Tepal. Diagram showing the parts of a mature flower. In this example the perianth is separated into a calyx (sepals) and corolla (petals) A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth ). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the ...

  5. Common sunflower - Wikipedia

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    The plant flowers in summer. What is often called the "flower" of the sunflower is actually a "flower head" ( pseudanthium ), 7.5–12.5 centimetres (3–5 in) wide, [4] of numerous small individual five-petaled flowers ("florets"). The outer flowers, which resemble petals, are called ray flowers.

  6. Roselle (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The flowers are 8–10 cm (3–4 in) in diameter, white to pale yellow with a dark red spot at the base of each petal, and have a stout, conspicuous calyx at the base, 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) wide, enlarging to 3–3.5 cm (1.2–1.4 in) and becoming fleshy and a deep crimson red as the fruit matures, which takes about six months. Names

  7. Freesia - Wikipedia

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    They are herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm1–2.5 cm (1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves 10–30 cm (4–12 in) long, and a sparsely branched stem 10–40 cm (4–16 in) tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six petals.

  8. Iris (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of an iris flower with highlighted parts of the flower. Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section.

  9. Viola (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Viola are most often spring-blooming with chasmogamous flowers that have well developed petals pollinated by insects. Many species also produce self-pollinated cleistogamous flowers in summer and autumn that do not open and lack petals. In some species the showy chasmogamous flowers are infertile (e.g.,Viola sororia). Horticultural uses

  10. Cochliasanthus - Wikipedia

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    Flowers are a solid, pale purple. The flowers, which grow alone or in small groups rather than in clusters, consist of four petals: one large wavy half-circle on the top, two tear-drop shaped petals that point inwards, and a thin, erect, curly petal sprouting from the center of the flower. Depending on the angle, the two bottom petals can ...

  11. Peony - Wikipedia

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    Seven types of flower are generally distinguished in cultivars of herbaceous peonies. single: a single or double row of broad petals encircle fertile stamens, carpels visible. Japanese: a single or double row of broad petals encircle somewhat broadened staminodes, may carry pollen along the edges, carpels visible.