Which one of the following plants shows vexillary aestivation and diadelphous stamens?
Solanum nigrum
Colchicum autumnale
Pisum sativum
Allium cepa
, vexillary aestivation (also called papilionaceous) occurs in pea and bean flowers, where the largest petal (standard) overlaps the two lateral petals (wings), which in turn overlap the two smallest anterior petals (keel). Furthermore, the text states that stamens may be united into two bundles, a condition called diadelphous, citing pea as the example.
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