Sepal Sepal A sepal ( or ) is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom. The term "sepalum" was coined by Noël Martin Joseph de Necker in 1790, and derived from the Greek σκεπη ("skepi"), a covering. Collectively the sepals are called the calyx (plural calyces), the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. The word "calyx" was adopted from the Latin "calyx", not to be confused with "calix", a cup or goblet. "Calyx" derived from
Gilia clokeyi an inflorescence bearing tiny flowers on thin pedicels. The flower has a pouchlike calyx of sepals made up of ribs with membranous tissue between. The corolla emerges from the calyx, its narrow tubular throat yellow and white spotted and its face white and blue spotted or streaked. Gilia clokeyi Gilia clokeyi is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Clokey's gilia. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Colorado, where it grows in desert and other habitat. The herb produces an erect stem up to 17 centimeters tall often