Peony 'Ivory Treasure' (shown on page 70) displays a frill of golden staminodes cupped in ivory-white petals. This fragrant midseason bloomer is offered by Klehm Nursery of Champaign.
Double, Semi-Double
A flower with more than the normal number of petals, sepals or florets; in some cases petals or staminodes may replace stamens. A double form may be designated botanically by flore pleno, plena or pleniflora.
They also have two fertile anthers instead of a single anther, below right. A third anther has evolved into a fleshy plate, called a staminode, ...
 See also: Petal, Plant, Stamen, Semi-double
  
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