Pin flower
Heterostyly. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Creator(s): S. A. Mori
Description: Distyly in a species of Linum from the Gargano Peninsula, Italy. The stigmas of this species are yellow and the anthers are white or whitish. A heterostylous plant is also a herkogamous plant.
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Title
Pin flower
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Definition
One of two types of flowers found in some species in which the style is long and the stamens are short. Compare with thrum flower; see heterostyly.
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