What are flower petals? and White Hydrangea, Explored (#479)

What are flower petals?

I mean, are they leaves or something? And what's their use?


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Answer by gardengallivant
Flower petals and sepals are both modified whorls of leaves. They adapted as plants coevolved with pollination partners. The ring of green sepals and the inner ring of colored petals adapted for two functions; to attract pollinators and to protect the reproductive organs during maturation of the inflorescence.

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White Hydrangea, Explored (#479)


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