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BAND:

A darker colored area just above the throat of a flower, on the petals only. If the band of color also appears on the sepals of the flowers, it is called an eye. Note in the example below that the pattern color of the band does NOT appear on the sepal at the bottom.

Band image
Photo by Michael Brown, used with permission. Cultivar: ALL AMERICAN BABY (Stamile, G.)
© Copyright 2000, 2007 by the American Hemerocallis Society, Inc.
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