Flower Anatomy
The Flower:
The flower is the reproductive unit of some plants (angiosperms).
Parts of the flower include petals, sepals,
one or more carpels (the female reproductive organs), and stamens (the male reproductive organs).
The Female...
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Flower Anatomy
The Flower:
The flower is the reproductive unit of some plants (angiosperms).
Parts of the flower include petals, sepals,
one or more carpels (the female reproductive organs), and stamens (the male reproductive organs).
The Female Reproductive Organs:
The pistil is the collective term for the carpel(s).
Each carpel includes an ovary (where the ovules are
produced; ovules are the female reproductive cells, the eggs), a style (a tube on top of the ovary), and a stigma
(which receives the pollen during fertilization).
The Male Reproductive Organs:
Stamens are the male reproductive parts of flowers.
A stamen consists of an anther (which produces pollen)
and a filament.
The pollen consists of the male reproductive cells; they fertilize ovules.
Pollination
A flower is pollinated when a pollen grain lands on its stigma, and is often aided by animals like bees, which
fly from flower to flower collecting sweet nectar.
As they visit flowers, they spread pollen around, depo
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