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The corolla is gametopetalous, the five petals may be joined forming a tube with 4 or 5 lobes (in the flower called tubulose flower or floret, or two groups of petals joined (in the case of bilabiated flowers, with an upper lip formed by 2 petals and a lower lip formed by 3 petals), or they can present a short tube and the limb prolonged ...
Floral diagram of Anagallis arvensis. [1]: 307 The dot represents the main axis, green structure below is the subtending bract.Calyx (green arcs) consists of five free sepals; corolla (red arcs) consists of five fused petals.
Furthermore, the shape and size of the flower/petals are important in selecting the type of pollinators they need. For example, large petals and flowers will attract pollinators at a large distance or that are large themselves. [ 14 ]
The ancient Greeks, as recorded in Euripides's play The Phoenician Women, placed a crown of flowers on the head of the deceased; [145] they also covered tombs with wreaths and flower petals. Flowers were widely used in ancient Egyptian burials, [146] and the Mexicans to this day use flowers prominently in their Day of the Dead celebrations [147 ...
Retro-looking abstract floral ornaments (simple single-color filled outlines). Stylistically influenced by various decorations from the late 60's / early 70's era, but these particular patterns were created by me from scratch using abstract geometry. For other retro flower designs, see File:Retro-flower-ornaments.svg. Date: between 2010 and 2011
K5 [C(5) A5] G (5) Floral formula of Anagallis arvensis. [1]: 307 Polysymmetric flower. The perianth consists of 5 free sepals and 5 joined petals, which are fused with androecium. The flower is bisexual, it contains 5 stamens, the pistil is fused of five carpels, and the ovary is inferior.
Gardenia taitensis, also called Tahitian gardenia [2] or tiaré flower, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is an evergreen tropical shrub that grows to 4 m (10 ft) tall and has glossy dark green leaves that are 5–16 cm (2–6 in) long and are oppositely arranged along the stem. The flower is creamy white and pinwheel-shaped ...
In some flowers, a tube or cup-like hypanthium (floral tube) is formed above or around the ovary and bears the sepals, petals, and stamens. There may also be a nectary producing nectar. Nectaries may develop on or in the perianth, receptacle, androecium (stamens), or gynoecium. In some flowers nectar may be produced on nectariferous disks.