Flowers

Flowers the reproductive structures of plants 4 parts of a plant . Roots . Stems . Leaves . Reproductive (includes flowers and fruits) Flowers have 4 different parts .Sepals .Petals .Stamens .Pistil Pedicel . The flower stem 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 Calyx . The group of sepals on a flower 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