Sepal: the outermost part of the flower that surrounds and protects the flower bud and extends outward from the base of a flower after it has opened. Petal: the outer parts of a flower, usually ...

IN my article on “Different Modes of Self-fertilisation where Visits of Insects are wanting” (NATURE, vol. x. p. 129), I gave a short account of the number of sepals, petals, and anthers in a ...

The sepals and petals are both sterile parts of a flower. The leaf-like sepals surround the flower, protecting it before it blooms. Petals are colorful and often patterned ...

The petals and sepals – the outer, ... The Harvard team surgically removed the edges of lily petals and sepals, and found that the remaining flower parts didn't curl out with their usual elegance.

The petals and sepals — the outer, ... The Harvard team surgically removed the edges of lily petals and sepals, and found that the remaining flower parts didn’t curl out with their usual elegance.

However, not everyone agrees that the fossil represents an actual flower or that it is as old as the study claims. Like modern flowers, the fossil sports sepals and petals, the researchers said ...

Right: Whorl arrangement of petals in a lily flower. To reconstruct the appearance of the first flower, the scientists recorded the features - such as the petals and sepals - of the flowers from ...

Many edible flowers can be eaten whole, but some are best disassembled to avoid the inedible sepal, pistil, and stamens—basically the base of the flower and all those funky bits in the center.

To reconstruct the appearance of the first flower, the scientists recorded the features - such as the petals and sepals - of the flowers from 792 living species.