What are irregular flowers?
Irregular flowers are flowers that have at least one petal or sepal of a different shape or size of the others. (1)
Irregular flowers are also known as zygormorphic. (1)
Irregular flowers are bilaterally symmetrical (i. e. one side is a mirror image of the other). (1)
Often a petal at the front is enlarged to form a lip. (1)
What are NOT irregular flowers?
regular flowers are NOT irregular flowers. (1)
What do they look like?
What are types of irregular flowers?
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (1)
plants in the pea family (1)
orchids (1)
most violets (1)
Resources
1. https://www.activewild.com/types-of-flower/
