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Flowers that flower once and die; do not come back every year
annual
Flowers lead to:
Seeds (fruit)
Helicopter landing pad
Petals
Required to bring pollen from the male flower to the female flower; can be insects, wind, animals, and more
Pollinator
Carpel or Pistil
Flowers that live for two years, like onions and alliums
Biennials
Flowers increase genetic ______
diversity
Flowers that are both male and female
perfect
The pollen producing structure at the end of the filament
anther
The neck or tube the pollen must travel down
Style
Flowers that come back year after year, like daffodils
Perrenials
Bees see flower _____ differently due to the UV light
Petals
flowers that are male OR female
Imperfect
Stalk that holds the anther
Filament
Stigma
A library where plants are pressed and preserved for science
Herbarium
The act of transferring pollen from the male flower to the female
Pollination (fertilization)
Stalk that holds the flower bud
Peduncle
Male flowers produce _____ required to fertilize the female flower
Pollen
Contains the ovules; develops into the fruit after fertilization
Ovary
The purpose of flowers is to complete _______
sexual reproduction (make seeds)
Flowers can be _____ pollinating or need _____ pollinated
self; cross
Protects the growing flower bud
Calyx (individually called sepal)
the entire male structure
Stamen
ovules