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 35-Rotate corolla

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A rotate (means wheel-shaped) corolla is a sympetalous corolla with a flat, circular, and spreading limb at nearly right angles to a very short tube, as on this longitudinal section of a flower of tomato (Lycopersicon). This corolla is also plicate which means that it is folded into pleats, as in a fan.
Photo by K. R. Robertson from plants in his garden.
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