What is the number of petals in a flower?

Answer 1

The number of petals depends on the flower species. You'd need to be more ... er ... specific about what kind of flower you meant for us to answer the question. If you're just looking for a rough answer, "between 3 and 6" is a fairly good guess. Eudicots (not a species, but a large group) generally have 4 or 5 petals and monocots (another lage group) tend to have either 3 or 6 petals. (There are many exceptions to this rule, though, so if you want a definitive answer you need to specify the kind of flower you mean. Also, be aware that a lot of things you think of as "petals" may not technically be petals; the bright red part of poinsettia plants, for example, is actually a kind of leaf called a "bract".)

Answer 2

AnswerFive! AnswerFive!

All orchids have THREE petals. For confirmation, see _An Enthusiasm for Orchids_ by John Alcock (Oxford University Press, 2006).

Answer 3

depending on the size of the flower, there could be 34, 55 or 89. Very large ones may have 144

Answer 4

The number of PETALS depends on the variety of rose.

On a species rose the number of petals is usually 5.

Hybrids can have many more.
50

Answer 5

There are many types of peonies and they have different numbers of petals. Single peonies have between 5 to 12 petals. Other peonies have multiple rows of petals.

Answer 6

the amount of petals on an average daisy

Answer 7

It varies with the type of flower

Answer 8

in between four to six.