Nail (botany)
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Petal of a carnation species ( Dianthus sp.), Divided into a nail and a plate
The nail is a portion of crown- or tepals in plants with a freiblättrigen flowers shell , the upper clear from the wider portion of the petals, the plate deposed, and is narrowed stalk-like.
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 838 .