Petal

Petal [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	The distinct free colourful, often bright segments of the flower, the inner whorl parts (collectively the corolla) of the flower.

Petals are brightly coloured in insect pollinated plants and small (or non-existent) in wind pollinated plants.

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