Name: Anatomy of a Complete Flower
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Description: Flowers have many distinct components: sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. A complete flower has four organs attached to the floral stalk by a receptacle.

Question

Describe the different parts of a flower with the help of a neat diagram.

Accepted Answer

Flowers are the colourful parts of a plant. The main parts of a flower are given below:

Sepals - It forms the outmost whorl of a flower. It is mostly green and it protects the flower in its bud stage.

Petals - It forms the second whorl of a flower. It is mostly brightly colour. It helps to attract insects for pollination.

Stamen - It is the male reproductive part of the flower. It has a filament and an anther. Pollen grains containing male gametes are produced in the anther.

Pistil - It is the innermost part of a flower. It is the female reproductive part. It consists ovary, stigma and style. Ovary is the swollen base of the pistil and it contains ovules. Style connects the ovary to the stigma. Stigma is the tip of the pistil that receives pollen grains.

Describe the different parts of a flower with the help of a neat diagram.

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