Lesson 2.4 Flowers of Meadow and Garden

Lesson 2.4 Flowers of Meadow and Garden

by Andrea Chirinos

​Angiosperms and Gymnosperms

• ​Flowering plants are angiosperms. They produce seeds and fruits.

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• ​Nonflowering seed plants are called gymnosperms. They produce uncovered seeds like pinecone's scales.

Multiple Choice

Plants with seeds in cones are called ___________.

• angiosperms

• gymnosperms

• flowers

• mosses

Multiple Choice

What is a gymnosperm?

• A plant that produces seed without fruit.

• A plant that produces fruit.

• A plant that produces flowers.

• A plant that has no roots.

Multiple Choice

Angiosperms are easily classified because of the _____________that they produce.

• cones and needles

• spores and leaves

• leaves and knowledge

• flowers and fruits

Composite family

• ​One of the largest families of flowering plants.

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• Bloom in autumn/fall.

• ​many small flowers grouped together.

• ​Formed by disk flowers -->head ---> ray flowers

Some examples

• ​daisies

• asters

• Sunflower

• ​Black-eyed Susan

• ​Goldenrod

• ​Bull thistle

• ​Dandelion

Pea Family

• ​ Third largest group

• ​Have compound leaves

• ​ Resemble the pea blossom

• ​Legumes get their name from their peapods that split in two sides

Some examples

• sweet peas

• ​wisterias

• ​locust trees

• ​mimosa

• ​lentils

• ​beans

• ​clover

Multiple Choice

Made of flowers grouped together

• Composte family

• pea family

• gymnosperms

• angiosperms

Multiple Select

Examples of Compisite family

• roses

• daisies

• cacti

• dandelion

Multiple Choice

Also called legumes

• Pea Family

• Composite family

• Angiosperms

• Gymnosperms

Multiple Select

Examples of pea family

• Sunflower

• Clover

• mimosa

• black-eyed susan

Rose family

• Have 5 white, pink or rose- colored petals that form a cup-shaped blossom.

• ​Have woody stems, fleshy fruits, and flower parts in multiples of 5.

• ​Red roses are not wild.

Examples

• ​cherry blossom

• ​strawberry

• ​plum

• ​wild rose

• ​garden rose

buttercup family

• Have 5 rounded petals that form cup-shaped blossoms.

• ​Leaves are divided into 3 main parts.

• ​also called the crowfoot family.

• ​red, blue or purple flowers.

Examples

• columbine

• ​peony

• ​buttercup

• ​larkspur

Mint family

• Common plants that often have a pleasant smell like spearmint and peppermint.

• ​They have square and stout (thick) stems.

Multiple Choice

Catnip belongs to __ family.

• rose

• mint

• buttercup

• pea

Multiple Choice

Flower that for a cup blossom

• mint

• buttercup

• rose

• compound

Multiple Choice

This is a wild rose found in nature

• true

• false

examples

• catnip

• ​sage

• ​thyme

• ​basil

Honeysuckle Family

• ​ Fragrant flowers with sweet nectar.

• ​Trumpet-shaped flowers.

• ​Can be white, yellow, pink, purple or bright scarlet.

Honeysuckle Family

• ​ snowball bush

• ​honeysuckle/coral honeysuckle

• ​hydrangea

• ​San Carlos

Parsley Family

• ​ Have clusters of small flowers arranged in umbels (umbrella)

• ​It can have simple or compound umbel.

• ​Used for food or medicine.

Examples

• ​ African lily

• ​dill

• ​Queen Anne's lace

• ​celery

Milkweed family

• ​ Unusually arranged umbels

• ​Have 5 nectar horns each consisting of a cup-like hood.

• ​Petals hang downward from each nectar horn.

Examples

• ​ butterfly milkweed

• ​wax plant

• ​bloodflower

• ​Jasmine

Multiple Choice

Hydrangea belongs to___family.

• honeysuckle

• mint

• rose

• parsley

Multiple Choice

African lily is part of the ___ family

• Parsley

• mint

• honeysuckle

• milkweed

Multiple Choice

Flowers with downward petals

• honeysuckle

• milkweed

• mint

• parsley