Rare flower structures—tiny cups that keep flower buds submerged in their own water baths—can protect the blooms from marauding moths, say researchers.
MINI MOAT. The yellow-green cup of water at bottom protects a flower bud. The calyx at top has already yielded a flower. Carlson
One species with these cups, Chrysothemis friedrichsthaliana, grows along riverbanks in Central and South America, says Jane E.
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