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Portulacaceae
4-Claytonia flowers
Side view of the flowers of
Claytonia virginica
, spring beauty. There are 2 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and a syncarpous gynoecium with a superior ovary.
Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent from plants at Lodge Park, Piatt County, Illinois.
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