POLYTEPALOUS: |
1.)
A flower that often blooms
with more than three petals and
three sepals in
the primary segments.
2.) Defined as "having extra whole tepals (sepals and petals)
in the two tepal whorls of a flower, i.e., more than the
normal three sepals (usually four or five) in the outer whorl
and more than three petals (usually the same number as sepals)
in the inner whorl." The word "polytepalous" as
adopted by the American Hemerocallis Society applies
to a condition recognized in botanical language as polymerous.
Polytepalous daylilies have the extra sepals and petals evenly
spaced on their respective whorls, unlike double daylilies
in which the extra petals or petaloids are stacked upon or
lie above the ordinary petals. Moreover, polytepalous daylilies
have extra stamens; eight if there
are four petals or 10 for five petals, rather than the usual
six.
Also see: Polytepal. |
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Examples:
left, a 4x4 polytepal bloom, on right, the rarer 5x5
polytepal. Photos by Melanie Mason, used with permission.
6x6
polytepal with 12 stamens. Photo by Brian Mahieu,
used with permission.
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