FUNCTIONS OF THE PARTS OF A FLOWER

It supports the flower and transports food

• Sepal

• Pistil

• Ovary

• Stem

It is the female part of flower. It is made up of the stigma, the style and the ovary

• Stem

• Sepal

• Pistil

• Stigma

It is at the top of the stamen. It contains the pollen.

• Stamen

• Anther

• Ovary

• Petal

It is the tube of the pistil. The pollen goes down this tube to the ovary.

• Stigma

• Style

• Filament

• Stem

It is at the bottom of the pistil. It contains the eggs. When the pollen arrives, the eggs are fertilised here.

• Ovary

• Anther

• Style

• Sepal

It is at the top of the pistil. It is sticky to catch the pollen.

• Petal

• Ovary

• Stigma

• Stamen

t is the male part of the flower. It is made up of the filament and anther.

• Filament

• Pistil

• Stamen

• Sepal

It is the long part of the stamen. It supports the anther.

• Style

• Filament

• Stem

• Stigma

It protects the flower before it opens.

• Ovary

• Stem

• Filament

• Sepal

It attracts the birds and insects with its colour and smell.

• Stigma

• Style

• Petal

• Pistil