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 23-Caducous sepals

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In the poppy family, the sepals are caducous. This term means that the sepals fall off as the flower opens or soon afterwards. This example is Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale).
Photo by K. R. Robertson at Robert Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois.
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