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Phlox Subulata (moss pink) in landscape. Photo © Elaine Mills

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This perigynous flower of native Prunus pensylvanica
(pin cherry) displays the superior ovary, style, and stigma of
the simple pistil, which sits unattached in a hypanthium cup.
Photo © Gilles Ayotte, Bibliothèque de l’Université Laval CC BY-SA 4.0

This perigynous flower of native Prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry) displays the superior ovary, style, and stigma of the simple pistil, which sits unattached in a hypanthium cup. Photo © Gilles Ayotte, Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval CC BY-SA 4.0

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