Flower Diagram PLANTS

INSIDE A FLOWER

PETALS
attract pollinators
stigma
PISTIL
traps pollen
the female anther STAMEN
parts of style contains pollen the male
the flower pollen travels parts of
down to egg the flower
ovary filament
contains
egg cells
SEPALS

CROSS-POLLINATION

1. The pollinator receives 2. And deposits it on the

pollen from the stamen of stigma of the next flower.
the first flower.
(This also happens while the
(The pollen brushes onto pollinator drinks nectar.)
the pollinator’s body while
the pollinator drinks nectar 3. The pollen moves down the
from deep inside the base style to join with the ovules in
of the flower.) the ovary.

Think About It....

What if cross-pollination happens between two flowers of

the same kind? What is self-pollination?

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