In a pea flower, five petals are arranged in a specialized manner with one posterior, two lateral and two…
In a pea flower, five petals are arranged in a specialized manner with one posterior, two lateral and two anterior. These are named as ___________, ___________ and ___________ respectively.
Keel, Standard and Carina
Standard, Wings and Keel
Keel, Wings and Standard
Vexillum, Keel and Standard
Solution
In pea flowers, vexillary aestivation is found. In this aestivation, the largest petal, i.e., standard overlaps the two smaller lateral petals that are wings which in turn overlap. The two smallest anterior petals are keel.