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The Invisible Colours of Flowers

Flower Structure

Diagrams show flower meristems (young flower buds). The actual size of the meristem is 0.1mm, about the same size as the point of a pin.

Normal

Sepals only

Sepals and Carpels
Diagram showing normal flower structure with sepals, petals, stamens and carpels. Diagram showing mutant flower structure with only sepals. Diagram showing mutant flower structure with only sepals and carpels.
Photograph of a normal antirrhinum. Photograph of a mutant antirrhinum with sepals only. Photograph of a mutant antirrhinum with sepals and carpels only.