Flowers

1. Flowers the reproductive structures of plants

2. 4 parts of a plant • Roots • Stems • Leaves • Reproductive (includes flowers and fruits)

3. Flowers have 4 different parts • Sepals • Petals • Stamens • Pistil

4. Pedicel • The flower stem

5. Receptacle • The place on the stem where floral organs attach and originate.

6. Sepals • Usually green; leaflike structures that protect the flower, as it forms and emerges.

7. Sometimes sepals are colorful

8. Calyx • The group of sepals on a flower

9. Petals • Located just inside the sepals • Leaf-like and often very colorful • Attract pollinators

10. Corolla • The collection of petals on a flower

11. Perianth • The sepals and the petals of a flower. (Not the reproductive parts.)

12. Tepals • When there is no clear distinction between the sepals and the petals...they are called “tepals”.

13. The reproductive parts • Found at the center of the flower

14. Stamens • Male reproductive parts of a flower • Arranged around the female parts

15. Anther • Part of the stamen • Produces and holds pollen

16. Filament • Stalk that holds up the anther

17. Pistil • The female part of the flower

18. Stigma • Found at the end of the pistil • Has a sticky surface to catch pollen

19. Style • The neck of the pistil

20. Ovary • Part of the pistil that contains the ovules

21. Ovule • The part of the flower in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop

22. Complete flowers • Have all 4 basic parts: • Sepals, petals, stamens and pistil

23. Incomplete flowers • Flowers that are missing one of the four basic parts

24. Perfect Flowers • Flowers that have both male and female parts

25. Imperfect flowers • Flowers that lack one of the sex structures