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Asclepiadaceae

 4-Asclepias inflorescence

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This is an umbel inflorescence of Asclepias curassavica, a species from tropical America. Note the sepals (green) below the flower buds, the petals (red) reflex backwards when the flower opens. The corona, composed of a hood and a horn, are yellow.
Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent from plants cultivated at the University of Illinois.
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