4 parts of a plant
• Roots• Stems• Leaves• Reproductive
(includes flowers and fruits)
Flowers have 4 different parts
•Sepals•Petals•Stamens•Pistil
Receptacle
• The place on the stem where floral organs attach and originate.
Sepals
• Usually green; leaflike structures that protect the flower, as it forms
and emerges.
• Sometimes sepals are colorful
Petals
• Located just inside the sepals
• Leaf-like and often very colorful
• Attract pollinators
Corolla
• The collection of petals on a flower
Perianth
• The sepals and the petals of a flower. (Not the reproductive parts.)
Tepals
• When there is no clear distinction between the sepals and the petals...they are called “tepals”.
The reproductive parts
• Found at the center of the flower
Stamens
• Male reproductive parts of a flower• Arranged around the female parts
Anther
• Part of the stamen
• Produces and holds pollen
Filament
• Stalk that holds up the anther
Pistil
• The female part of the flower
Stigma
• Found at the end of the pistil
• Has a sticky surface to catch pollen
Style
• The neck of the pistil
Ovary
• Part of the pistil that contains the ovules
Ovule
• The part of the flower in which the eggs are produced and seeds develop
Complete flowers
• Have all 4 basic parts:• Sepals, petals, stamens and pistil
Incomplete flowers
• Flowers that are missing one of the four basic parts
Perfect Flowers
• Flowers that have both male and female parts
Imperfect flowers
• Flowers that lack one of the sex structures