Flowers Flashcards
What can have flowers?
Trees
Grasses
Flower Parts (4)
Sepals
Pedals
Stamens
Carpel/Pistil
What is a stamen?
Male reproductive organ
Produces pollen
What is a carpel/pistil?
3 organs put together
Contains egg
Variation depends on what?
Pollinator
What pollinates colorful pedals?
Animals
What pollinates dull flowers with no pedals?
Wind
What do bees and butterflies pollinate?
Yellow/orange/pink flowers
What do hummingbirds pollinate?
Red flowers
What do moths, butterflies, beetles, and bees pollinate?
White flowers
Two Symmetries of Flowers
Regular/Radial
Irregular/Bilateral
What parts of the flower have the same number?
Pedals and sepals
Flower Arrangements (4)
Solitary
Spike
Raceme
Head
What can develop from a flower?
Fruits
What do fruits contain?
Seeds