sepal

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The Lenten rose is most prized for flowering early in the year, as early as February, and the blooms last for weeks because the outer “petals” are durable structures called sepals.

From Seattle Times

The flowers endure because the petals are in fact thick structures called sepals.

From Washington Post

Goethe recognized that all the parts of a flower, from pistil to sepal, are modified leaves.

From Nature

The mites embed themselves in the tiny hairs on a flower’s sepals, the leaflike appendages located at its base.

From Science Magazine

The plan involves bilateral symmetry, rather than radial symmetry; protective sepals alternating with petals; and usually a special lower petal, called a lip, that can serve as a landing pad for pollinators.

From New York Times