0 the outer part of a flower formed by the sepals (= the separate outer parts), which covers and protects the petals, etc. as they develop --
The three 0.8 to 1.2 centimeters long, sepals are fused, white, have fluffy hairs and the three calyx teeth are unequal.
On the flowers, two of the calyx lobes are longer, extending further than the petals.
The calyx and the corolla are both pentamerous (with five lobes), petals are free while sepals are connate or united at the base.
They consist of five petals, five stamens, and an entire calyx.
Its calyx lobes are villous with an open navel that have styles which are of 1- 2 long.
Curling purple-veined white petals emerge from the tip of the calyx.
The flowers are pinkish-lavender, about.5in cm long, growing in whorls along the inflorescence, and held in a small oxblood-red five-pointed hairy calyx.
The calyx of the flower is usually 1 centimeter long and very hairy, with 3 lobes that may appear to be triangular or obtuse.
