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Anatomy of a Flower
Plant Sex
C
B
A -Petals
• Colored leaves
• Attract insects
• “bud” when closed
B Filament
Stalk supporting
the anther
C
B
C
Anther
Top end of stamen
Produces the pollen
draw in
Stamen
-Contains the
filament + anther
-Male reproductive
structures
D - pollen
• Male sex cells
E- Ovary
• Contains ovules
• Becomes
the fruit
after
fertilization
Zucchinni –
ripened ovary
Fruit = mature ovary
F Style
• Style holds the pollen tube
• Between stigma and ovary
Draw in
Carpel (also
called pistil)
-Contains: stigma +
style +ovary
-Female
reproductive
structures
G Stigma
• Top of pistil
• Sticky to
catch the
pollen
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H = Ovules
-Egg cells
-Become
seeds, fruit,
nuts after
fertilization
• Flower Dissection
I = Pollen Tube
• Tube that transports the pollen to the
ovules
• Pollen Tube in Plants
• Pollen tube you tube
ADD J = SEPAL
• green petal-like parts at the base of the
flower
• help protect the developing bud
J