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Any of the separate parts of the calyx of a flower (excluding the bracts), usually green
A sepal (/ˈsɛpəl, ˈsiːpəl/) is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower
Sepal
Submarine-launched cruise missile
reporting name SS-N-3 Shaddock for submarine-launched versions and SS-N-3 Sepal for ship and coastal defence versions, is a Cold War era turbojet-powered
SS-N-3_Shaddock
One of the outer parts of a flower
The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated
Tepal
Reproductive structure in flowering plants
structured in four circular levels around the end of a stalk. These include: sepals, which are modified leaves that support the flower; petals, often designed
Flower
Part of most types of flower
an outer whorl of modified leaves called sepals, that collectively form the calyx. When the petals and sepals of a flower are difficult to distinguish
Petal
Study of flower structures
from the outside in, are composed first of sterile parts, commonly called sepals (if their main function is protective) and petals (if their main function
Floral_morphology
Species of flowering plant
flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, known by the common name short-sepal bitter-root or shortsepal lewisia. It is native to the mountains of the
Lewisia_brachycalyx
Species of flowering plant
Iliamna longisepala, known by the common name long sepal globemallow, is a perennial plant species in the Malvaceae family. Long haired perennial plant
Iliamna_longisepala
Species of flowering plant
Caryophyllaceae known by the common names Rocky Mountain chickweed, blunt-sepaled starwort, and obtuse starwort. It is the sole species in genus Engellaria
Engellaria
Plant species in the plantain family
Penstemon calycosus, commonly called long-sepal beardtongue, is a species of plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is native to eastern North
Penstemon_calycosus
Text format for tabular data using a tab between fields
arrow (→) is used for demonstration here to denote a tab character. Sepal length→Sepal width→Petal length→Petal width→Species 5.1→3.5→1.4→0.2→I. setosa 4
Tab-separated_values
Species of orchid
relatively large whitish flower with a pointed dorsal sepal. The flower colour and pointed dorsal sepal are unique in New Zealand Pterostylis. Pterostylis
Pterostylis_micromega
Formal schematic description of floral anatomy
type. In Blüthendiagramme the tepals are usually white with black stroke, sepals are hatched and petals are black. Ronse De Craene implies that it may be
Floral_diagram
Species of flowering plant
grey-blue, 3–5 millimetres (1⁄8–13⁄64 in) across, saucer shaped in profile, the sepal tube with hooked hairs. The mature fruits are dark brown, shiny nutlets
Myosotis_arvensis
to an organ of another kind, usually to a part of another whorl, e.g. a sepal connected to a petal. Contrast adnate. adnate Grown from or closely fused
Glossary_of_botanical_terms
Modified or specialized leaf
also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals or sepals. A plant having bracts is referred to as bracteate or bracteolate, while
Bract
Species of flowering plant
bracts at the base, the inner bracts often nearly as long as the sepal tube. The sepals are white and joined at the base, forming a tube more than 4 mm
Cryptandra_alpina
Drink made from hibiscus flowers
(served cold), is an infusion made from the crimson or deep magenta-colored sepals or calyces of the roselle flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa). It is consumed both
Hibiscus_tea
Order of eudicot flowering plants
Oxalidales and the majority of the species in this order have five or six sepals and petals. The following families are typically placed here: Family Brunelliaceae
Oxalidales
Subspecies of orchid
a spike 350–600 mm (10–20 in) tall. The sepals and petals have long, brown, thread-like tips. The dorsal sepal is erect, 70–110 mm (3–4 in) long and about
Caladenia longicauda subsp. longicauda
Caladenia_longicauda_subsp._longicauda
Species of orchid from India
sepals 10-veined, petals 3-veined and operculum papillose at the head region. B. stocksii has uniformly ochre yellow flowers without any spot, sepals
Bulbophyllum_bonaccordense
Arrangement of flower parts within a bud
important taxonomic diagnostic; for example Malvaceae flower buds have valvate sepals, with the exception of the genera Fremontodendron and Chiranthodendron,
Aestivation_(botany)
Species of plant
of the shrub are 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter and have a single, modified sepal. The caterpillars of the Commander (Limenitis procris), a brush-footed butterfly
Mussaenda_erythrophylla
Genus of flowering plants
funnel-shaped nectar spur at the back, formed by modification of one of the five sepals. Tropaeolum is a genus of dicotyledonous annual or perennial plants, often
Tropaeolum
Outer shell or coating of a seed
refer to other waste parts of fruits and vegetables, notably the cap or sepal of a strawberry. Grains such as wheat and barley have husks. The grains
Husk
Species of orchid
row. The sepals of the flowers are a dark red and the petals are extremely small and resemble a thread. Of the floral parts the dorsal sepal is the biggest
Bulbophyllum_falcatum
Species of orchid
large leaf and by its up to five large, white flowers which have drooping sepals and petals with long, thickish brown "tails". Caladenia longicauda is a
Caladenia_longicauda
morphology of other parts of plants, e.g. bracts, bracteoles, stipules, sepals, petals, carpels or scales. Some of these terms are also used for similar-looking
Glossary_of_leaf_morphology
Species of plant
holds the stamens. The aestivation found in calotropis is valvate i.e. sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin, without overlapping
Calotropis_gigantea
Species of plant
conspecific. However, they are different in many morphological aspects such as sepal persistence, silique shape, and habit. Most importantly, they do not hybridize
Eruca_vesicaria
Fruit with apple-like features
endocarp may be called a polypyrenous drupe. The shriveled remains of the sepals, style and stamens can sometimes be seen at the end of a pome opposite the
Pome
Species of flowering plant
found primarily in rich deciduous forests. Its name refers to the reflexed sepals of the plant's flower, an important distinguishing character. Asarum reflexum
Asarum_reflexum
Genus of trees
in heads in leaf axils with 5 sepals and usually 5 white petals, each with 15 to 30 stamens arranged opposite the sepals, and the fruit a woody capsule
Agonis
Genus of angiosperms
enclosed in a bract rather than in sepals; the perianth parts are undifferentiated and called tepals rather than distinct sepals and petals. Magnolia shares
Magnolia
Genus of perennial flowering plants
summertime for their bright colorful flowers, which have petals but no sepals. With 2,000+ species, Begonia is one of the largest genera of flowering
Begonia
Genus of plants
and 22 species in the genus. The inflorescence consists of large colorful sepal-like bracts which surround three simple waxy flowers, gaining popularity
Bougainvillea
Species of flowering plant
(8 in) tall. The outer surface of the sepals and petals is covered with short glandular hairs. The dorsal sepal is lance-shaped and forms a hood over
Adenochilus_gracilis
Species of orchid
The sepals and petals are 12–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) long, 5–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide and differ in colour. The dorsal sepal is wider than the other sepals and
Thelymitra_pulcherrima
Species of shrub
are up to 5mm long and very dark red, often appearing black, subtended by sepals which are 2mm long. The fruits contain between 2 and 6 seeds. "Pittosporum
Pittosporum_divaricatum
Genus of flowering plants
yellow to white. True petals and nectaries are missing but the five or more sepals are distinctly colored. As usual in the buttercup family there is a circle
Caltha
Genus of orchids
significant change is the move of most Brazilian Oncidium with a fused lateral sepal to the genus Gomesa. Orchids in the genus Oncidium are tufted, epiphytic
Oncidium
Plant species in the plantain family
Penstemon brevisepalus, commonly known as short-sepaled beardtongue, is an herbaceous plant in the plantain family. It is a perennial that produces pale
Penstemon_brevisepalus
Species of flowering plant
Christmas bush, is a tall shrub or small tree popular in cultivation due to its sepals that turn bright red-pink at around Christmas time. The specific name gummiferum
Ceratopetalum_gummiferum
Parts of plant enabling sexual reproduction
the figure provides an example of the common structures. A calyx of outer sepals and a corolla of inner petals form the perianth, the non-sexual part of
Plant_reproductive_morphology
Heraldric symbol of the House of York and Yorkshire
rotated with a sepal at the top. Traditionally the rose is displayed with a petal at the top in the North Riding and West Riding but with a sepal at the top
White_Rose_of_York
Species of plant
Camellia yangii, commonly known as three‑sepal tea (Chinese: 三萼茶), is a plant species in the tea group (Camellia sect. Thea) of the family Theaceae. It
Camellia_yangii
Species of carnivorous plant
are complete and bisexual, and are arranged in corymb-like racemes. The sepals and petals are connate while the pistil is adnate. The ovary of the flower
Plumbago_auriculata
Species of flowering plant
4–5 mm in diameter, with five white petals the same length as the green sepals; they are produced singly on erect stems 2–4 cm long. The seeds are smooth
Sagina_subulata
Species of flowering plant
enclosed by six yellow sepals. At the base of the flower are three greenish-yellow bracts, less than half as long as the sepals. The spherical berries
Berberis_aquifolium
Genus of legumes
cladodes, simple, often much reduced leaves, flowers with the upper two sepal lobes larger than the lower three, usually orange to yellow petals with
Bossiaea
Species of flowering plant
low-lying shrub with pinnate leaves, cream-coloured to pale pink sepals and pink petals, the sepals longer and wider than the petals. Boronia interrex is an erect
Boronia_interrex
Species of flowering plant
occur in clusters of one to three and are 2.5–4.5 cm long and wide. The sepals taper to long, recurved tips and measure 12–24 mm long. The species shares
Ipomoea_hederacea
Genus of flowering plants
smooth, fibrous, hard, or stringy and leaves that have oil glands. The sepals and petals are fused to form a "cap" or operculum over the stamens, hence
Eucalyptus
Species of orchid
dark green markings. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal has a thread-like tip 3–4 mm (0
Pterostylis_daintreeana
Genus of flowering plants
& Gauba). Each small flower has a cup-like calyx of white-edged green sepals containing five petals in shades of white or pink. The fruit is a rounded
Gypsophila
Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family
pale purple, with 5 to 25 sepals. The actual petals are located at the base of the stamens and are minute and clawed. The sepals are the only colored part
Nigella_damascena
Species of aquatic plant
surface is plain green. The deep blue flowers have acuminate sepals and petals. The sepals are 4 cm long, and 1.3 cm wide. It was first described by Henry
Nymphaea nouchali var. ovalifolia
Nymphaea_nouchali_var._ovalifolia
Species of aquatic plant
5–1.0 cm short. Its cream flowers emerge singly at axils, and each have 5 sepals, 5 petals, and 10 stamens. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant
Ludwigia_adscendens
Genus of legumes
shrubs with trifoliate leaves. The flowers are arranged in racemes, the sepals with two "lips", the standard petal more or less circular and the fruit
Goodia
Species of flowering plant
It has six sepals in two series of three each. The outer ones are smaller than the inner. It has six petals which are smaller than sepals, obovate, and
Tinospora_cordifolia
Part of a flower
"tribrachiate". These are strips of tissue emerging from the perianth tube above the sepal. The stigma is a ridge or edge on the lower surface of the branch, near
Style_(botany)
Species of orchid
tall. The dorsal sepal projects forward and is egg-shaped, 7–11 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide. The lateral sepals are linear to sword-shaped
Diuris_disposita
Species of orchid
stem 80–250 mm high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal is the same length as the petals
Pterostylis_scabrida
Species of orchid
150–300 mm (6–10 in) high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal is about the same length as the
Pterostylis_crassichila
Species of orchid
sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column, the dorsal sepal curving forward with a short-pointed tip. The lateral sepals are
Pterostylis_trullifolia
Species of orchid
green and white flower with a strongly down-curved dorsal sepal and long, tapering lateral sepals. Pterostylis oliveri is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous
Pterostylis_oliveri
Topics referred to by the same term
structures in animal anatomy Calyx (botany), the collective name for the sepals of a flower Calyce (beetle), a genus of beetles Calyx (sponge), a genus
Calyx
Species of orchid
white or cream-coloured flower with red markings and black tips on the sepals and petals. Caladenia anthracina is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous
Caladenia_anthracina
Female organs of a flower
apical meristem, forming later than, and closer to the (floral) apex than sepal, petal and stamen primordia. Morphological and molecular studies of pistil
Gynoecium
Species of orchid
tinges near the tip. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column but the dorsal sepal is slightly longer than the petals
Pterostylis_pedunculata
Species of plant endemic to Australia
endemic to Australia. It is a shrub with hairy grey leaves, large grey sepals and blue, mauve or lilac flowers. Eremophila recurva is an erect shrub which
Eremophila_recurva
Species of plant
bracts. Calyx is imbricate in shape, slightly purplish at the apex of each sepal. Ray flowers are large and blue-colored. The species is native to Asia,
Aster_tataricus
Species of plant
perennial herb with tuberous roots, flowers arranged singly, with linear sepals, elliptic, fringed petals and six stamens. Thysanotus manglesianus is a
Thysanotus_manglesianus
Species of flowering plant
1–2 spines and are up to 7 mm wide. Upper sepals measure 40–51 mm long and 9–12 mm wide, while lower sepals are 26–35 mm long. The corolla upper part
Acanthus_guineensis
Species of flowering plant
than 30 flowers, each held on a long pedicel. The flower has bright blue sepals around a centimeter long fringed with hairs and surrounding smaller, paler
Delphinium_stachydeum
Topics referred to by the same term
limb Limb, in botany, the border or upper spreading part of a petal or sepal Limb, in a measuring instrument, the graduated edge of a circle or arc Limb
Limb
Color
English dictionaries online: "a vivid pinkish–red colour like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower". See also Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
Fuchsia_(color)
Statistics dataset
features were measured from each sample: the length and the width of the sepals and petals, in centimeters. Based on the combination of these four features
Iris_flower_data_set
Species of flowering plant
and is wind pollinated. The male flower has a bell-shaped calyx of four sepals in shades of greenish white or purple. From the calyx dangle many long,
Thalictrum_occidentale
Species of orchid
The dorsal sepal is erect, linear to narrow lance-shaped and the lateral sepals are narrow linear and somewhat smaller than the dorsal sepal. The petals
Cyrtostylis_oblonga
Species of plant
long, by about 3 in broad. Flowers appear singly at the end of branches. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, segments or teeth very irregular. Flowers have salver-form
Gardenia_latifolia
Species of cactus
greenish-yellow or whitish, rarely rose-tinged; these outer tepals, or sepals, are about 65 in number, and bring the flower to a total width of up to
Selenicereus_undatus
Species of orchid
with red blotches. The sepals are V-shaped in cross section, the dorsal sepal broader and slightly shorter than the lateral sepals. The petals are erect
Townsonia_deflexa
Species of orchid
lip. Phalaenopsis equestris var. rosea— flowers with even red petals and sepals; color of the mid-lobe of the lip varies from deep red to light red. Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis_equestris
Species of flowering plant
4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long. The five sepals are elliptic, the outer sepals 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and the inner sepals 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long. The
Hibbertia_arcuata
Species of orchid
100–300 mm (4–10 in) high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused to form a hood or "galea" over the column, the dorsal sepal about the same length as the petals
Pterostylis_stricta
Model for genetics of flower development
expansion; or that a sepal is a contracted stem leaf approaching a certain stage of refinement, as that a stem leaf is a sepal expanded by the influx
ABC model of flower development
ABC_model_of_flower_development
Species of flowering plant
Each has a white corolla with five pointed lobes surrounded by hairy green sepals. There are five protruding stamens and two styles. Jepson Manual Treatment
Cressa_truxillensis
Extinct species of flowering plant
now extinct. It differed from M. ebenus by having much smaller flowers, sepals hairless on their interior surfaces and leaves densely hairy on both surfaces
Melhania_melanoxylon
Species of flowering plant
family Orchidaceae. It is an epiphyte with fleshy leaves, and rose-coloured sepals and petals. The species is native to southern Brazil, and listed in Appendix
Octomeria_lilliputana
Species of flowering plant
dark spots.) The sepals and petals are 12–15 mm (0.5–0.6 in) long and have pointed tips. The column has broad wings which the dorsal sepal and petals almost
Caleana_major
Species of orchid
60–180 mm (2–7 in) high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal is slightly shorter than the petals
Pterostylis_anatona
Genus of flowering plants
sepals, usually eight, arranged in two series. Stamens either have short filaments or lack filaments altogether and are usually held inside the sepal
Daphne_(plant)
Species of orchid
lateral sepals and petals have narrow, club-like, glandular tips. The lateral sepals and petals spread widely and curve downwards. The dorsal sepal is erect
Caladenia_graniticola
Species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae
bright blue flowers with colored sepals that are fused at the base and divided into five parts resembling petals. The sepal lobes are 1–3 centimeters long
Amsonia_jonesii
Species of orchid
green or yellowish and arranged along a tall flowering stem. The dorsal sepal and petals overlap to form a hood over the column. The labellum has a spur
Habenaria
Species of orchid
120–240 millimetres (4.7–9.4 in) long. The sepals and petals spread widely apart from each other, the sepals 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in) long and about
Thrixspermum_carinatifolium
Species of flowering plant
fruit is a capsule up to 1.5 cm in diametre, with conspicuous enlarged sepals and thickened pedicles. Merremia turpethum, Medicinal Plants of Andhra Pradesh
Operculina_turpethum
Genus of flowering plants
to only the stamen, and the females to the pistil. These flowers have no sepals, petals, or other parts that are typical of flowers in other kinds of plants
Euphorbia
Flowering plant reproductive part
or below or at the point of connection with the base of the petals and sepals. The pistil may be made up of one carpel or of several fused carpels (e
Ovary_(botany)
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a.
Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.
a.
Having four sepals.
a.
Having united sepals; gamosepalous.
a.
Having one or more sepals.
a.
Having few sepals.
a.
Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs.
n.
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
a.
Having the sepals separate from each other.
n.
A leaf or division of the calyx.
n.
The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
a.
Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.
a.
Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.
a.
Having three sepals, or calyx leaves.
a.
Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.
a.
Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.
n.
The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
a.
Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
n.
The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
a.
Placed in front of a sepal.
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