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Complete versus Incomplete Flowers

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A complete flower carries all four whorls, per Bio 2197; an incomplete flower lacks one.

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A lily is complete, bearing all four whorls in one flower; a willow's flower is incomplete, lacking petals and sepals entirely.

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"Perfect" describes a flower with androecium and gynoecium — narrower than "complete."