Flower is an attractive, colourful and beautiful part of flowering plant. It is attached to stem by pedicel.
Parts of a Flower :
Parts of flower consist of : Sepals, petals. Stamens, Pistil.
- Sepals. Outermost green leaves are sepals and collectively claled calyx. It protect flower in bud stage.
- Petals. The coloured leaf like structure are petals, and collectively called Corolla. Petals attract insects for pollination.
- Stamens. It is the male part of flower. It consist of :
(a) Filament : The thin stalk
(b) Anther. The two lobed head that produes pollen grans.
- Pistil. It is the female part of flower and is a flask shaped structure in the middle of flower. It consists of :
(a) Ovary. Lower broader portion and contains ovary. It takes part in reproduction.
(b) Style. Narrow middle portion.
(c) Stigma. Sticky end at top of style