Corolla

Corolla [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	The usually eye-catching colourful part of a flower: the petals and petaloid.

From Latin "corolla" = little crown
The corolla (the petals ) is contained between the calyx and the stamens and pistil. The collective group of petals may occur separately or fused into a cup, tube or other structure Together with the Calyx, it forms the perianth. (cf. calyx)

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