sepal

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By mutating genes that control polyploidy in the mustardlike plant Arabidopsis thaliana, she and her team discovered that if the sepal had too few polyploid cells, it was stiff and upright and blooming was impeded.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023

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

From Nature • Aug. 5, 2019

Edithae.—Rosy white of sepal and petal, bordered with yellow and barred with chestnut; lip pale yellow, much deeper at the base, with chestnut spots in the centre.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick

Helmet, the upper sepal of Monkshood is so called.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Owing to the shape of the upper sepal, these flowers have received several of their common names, such as "helmet-flower," "friar's-cap," and "monk's-hood."

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth