flowers

are the outermost whorl of flower parts and are often green

are usually showy and colored, located just inside the sepals

male reproductive structure.

contains: filament and anther

stalk-like structure that makes up the stamen

top most part of the stamen.

-produces pollen grains inside of the structure

female reproductive structure

3 parts to it: stigma, style, and ovary

-top most part of pistil

-often sticky

stalk like feature of a pistil that connect to ovary and stigma

base of the pistil.

-inside it contains the ovule, immature seed

term used when both sepals and petals look alike

end of the stem, where the flower is attached.

flowers that have all 4 basic parts

ex) sepals, petals, stamens, pistil

lacking one or more basic flower parts

ex) sepals, petals, pistil, stamen

lacking either stamen or pistils, or both

bisexual (both gender structures)

-having both stamen and pistil

one flower on a major stalk

many flowers in one single stalk

-more energy efficient

ex) sunflowers

stamen and pistil, because they are used for reproduction

bring about succesful reproduction to create new plants

flower parts coevolved with their pollinators developing traits that attract mammals and insects.

-numerous parts and complete

-free or seperate parts

-ovary is superior

-radial or regular symmetry

-single flower

-fewer parts or incomplete

- fused parts

-ovary is inferior

-bilateral or irregular symetry

-inflorescence

-petals fused to form a tube for specific pollinator

-ovary is above other flower parts

ovary is below other flower parts

-sinks the ovary down and protects it

cut in half equally at any point

cannot cut in half equally at all points

less efficient

-primitive

more efficient

-many flowers clustered together