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Actinomorphic Symmetry occurs when the face of the flower has Radial Symmetry. Many lines can be drawn through the center of the flower such that each half is the mirror image of the other.

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Water Lily
(Nymphaea)
Cactus
(Opuntia sp.)
Passiflora sp. A Bromeliad

Zygomorphic Symmetry occurs when the face of the flower has Bilateral Symmetry. Only one line through the center of the flower produces mirror images.

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Erythrina Strelitzia Pea (Pisum) Paphiopedilum

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