"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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I bought some cut anemones last week, and one of them has an odd structure.
The usual arrangement is a ring of 4 leaves a few cm below the flower, but
one stem has 3 normal leaves and one which is apparently a petal of the
same colour as the flower.

Photo he http://tinypic.com/r/2e1snpg/8

Is this a petaloid leaf, or is that something else?

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Jeff

Its something the whole Ranunculus family do, what look like petals are
usually modified Sepals, in Clematis circles they are often referred to as
Tepals the actual petals are small or insignificant.
In order to pull off the trick the right growing conditions have to be
reached if they are not, mistakes happen and you get these odd flowers.

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk