Rosaceae
This family includes herbaceous plants, shrubs and
trees. The flowers are always radially symmetrical and they
have many stamens (except when selected and bred so that
petals replace stamens) but they show wide variation in
other features:
- petals present or absent
- ovary superior or inferior
- fruits fleshy or dry, simple or agregate, with one to
many seeds
Examples include strawberry, cinquefoil, apple, plum,
cherry and of course rose.
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