Basic Flower Anatomy
What is the male reproductive structure of a flower called?
Androecium
What is the main function of the filament in a flower?
To support the anther
What term describes flowers with radial symmetry?
Actinomorphic
What part of the stamen produces and holds pollen?
Anther
What is the main purpose of a flower?
Reproduction
What is the outermost whorl of the flower, usually green, called?
Calyx
What part of the flower develops into seeds after fertilization?
Ovules
What term describes flowers with bilateral symmetry?
Zygomorphic
What connects the stigma to the ovary in a flower?
Style)
Which part of the flower is often colorful to attract pollinators?
Corolla
What are the colorful parts of a flower that attract pollinators?
Petals
What develops into the fruit after fertilization?
Ovary
What type of flower has floral parts in multiples of three?
Monocot flower
What are the protective leaf-like structures that enclose a flower bud?
Sepals
What term refers to a pistil made up of multiple united carpels?
Syncarpous
What is the sticky part of the pistil that collects pollen?
Stigma
What is the process of transferring pollen from the anther to the stigma?
Pollination
What type of flower has floral parts in multiples of four or five?
Dicot flower
What is the collective term for all the female reproductive parts of a flower?
Gynoecium
What is the term for the process of seed formation?
Fertilization
What is the female reproductive part of a flower that contains ovules?
Ovary
What term describes a flower with both male and female reproductive parts?
Perfect flower
What is the term for flowers with only male or only female parts?
Imperfect flower
What is the collective term for all the male reproductive parts of a flower?
Androecium
What is the name for a flower where carpels are not fused?
Apocarpous