page_title: Sympetalae
hierarchical_section_title: Sympetalae
caption_attribution_description: A colored drawing of a sympetalous flower, a flower in which the petals are fused.
context_page_description: Sympetaly is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to the modern term asterids.
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  Sympetaly (fused petals) is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to the modern term asterids.
caption: A flower showing sympetaly (fused petals), a characteristic of the Sympetalae subclass
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