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Papaveraceae

16-Stylophorum flowers

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The caducous sepals have already fallen off these flowers of Stylophorum diphyllum. Note the 4 petals, many stamens, and syncarpous gynoecium with a superior ovary.

Photo by K. R. Robertson at Fern Rocks Nature Preserve.

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