Sepal

Sepal [r]: The leaflike organs at the base of a flower that form when the calyx splits as the flower begins to open. [e]

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(CC) Photo: Roeder et al., 2010
Wild type Arabidopsis flower with sepals (s). Scale bar: 100μm.