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Rose shows its sepals

Can you picture a rose without its green sepals?

Flower bud covers are called sepals. The sepals of a rose split as the bud opens, and splay below the flower like the widespread arms of a spinning ballerina.

SepalRosa1814s.jpg

  SepalsRosBud1149s.jpg

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  • Tepal sepal petal puzzle
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  • Scrabbling in the garden
  • Tepal puzzle solution

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