female reproductive

• stigma:

  • sticky
  • top of the female part of the flower which collects the pollen grains
  • feathery for wind pollinated flowers; to catch airborne pollen grains
  • traps pollens from other flowers
• ovary: contains the ovules
• sepal:

  • protects unopened flower
  • stops the flower from drying out
• carpel:

  • female reproductive system
  • produce female gametes
  • provides condition for fertilisation
• style:

  • a tube that connects the stigma to the anther
  • support and present the stigma in a position where it can receive pollen
  • pollen tube grows through it
• ovule:

  • structures inside the ovary that contain the female gametes
  • females gametes are produced and contained within the ovule
  • after fertilisation they develop into seeds