Four Petaled

The four-petaled flowers are about 3 inches across and bloom for a single day or two and close up shortly after the first direct sunlight shines down upon them, opening again in the evening. ❋ Gumbo Lily (2008)

Cecilia J. used to read "The Wizard of Oz," and drew a four-petaled flower on page 27. ❋ Unknown (2005)

A sigil was carved into the handle, the four-petaled mark of Ushara, the Merciless One, the Devourer, mistress of life, death, and desire. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They know that much from the Remington plastic four-petaled Power Piston wad that Scarpetta recovered from the inside of Daggie Simister's devastated head. ❋ Cornwell, Patricia (2005)

When in blossom, the plant is from twelve to fifteen inches in height; the flowers are small, white, and four-petaled; the seeds are small, of a reddish-brown color, and retain their vitality five years. ❋ Fearing Burr (N/A)

The plant may at once be recognized by the heart-shaped pods and small, white, four-petaled flowers. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

Tolerance, gratitude, appreciation blossomed frailly; and over all there spread, like those hosts of four-petaled flowers we used to call bluets, which grew in such abundance among rarer violets or wild strawberry -- there spread through Ruth's awakened nature a thousand and one little kindly impulses that had to do with smiles for servants, kind words for old people, and courtesy to clerks in shops. ❋ Olive Higgins Prouty (1928)

The four-petaled flowers, -- the cross-bearers, -- were never poisonous, and many of them, as mustard and cabbage, were valuable for food or medicine. ❋ L. Lamprey (1910)

But their calices are five-sepaled, falling into divisions of two and three; and the flowers, though essentially four-petaled, may divide either the upper or lower petal, or both, into two lobes, and so present a six-lobed outline. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

While awaiting the slow progress of the carts through the mud I found a most curious new genus allied to Correa, with the habit of C. speciosa, and with long tubular four-petaled green flowers. ❋ Thomas Mitchell (1823)

In my mind, United just ain't United without the iconic, four-petaled U on the tail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cruciferous vegetables, like kale, get their name from the four-petaled flowers, which look like a crucifer or cross. ❋ Unknown (2009)