Flower Structure

• Stamen


  • Male sex organ
  • Made of the filament and the anther
• Anther


  • Part of the male sex organ
  • Makes pollen
• Filament


  A thin stalk that supports the anther
• Carpel


  • Female sex organs
  • Made of the stigma, the style and the ovary
• Stigma


  Collects pollen
• Style


  Connects the stigma to the ovary
• The egg


  Found inside the ovary; contains the egg cell
• Overlapping arrangement of petals and sepals


  Makes it hard to determine which structures belong to the petals and which ones belong to the sepals
• Male and female reproductive parts develop at different times in flowers
• Nectar is found at the base of the petals
• Stamen


  Male part of the flower
• Ovary


  Structure found at the bottom of the female part of the flower
• Pollen lands during pollination

  On the Stigma of the flower
• Petals


  Coloured, flag-like structures which attract insects
• Stamen


  • Male sex organ
  • Made of the filament and the anther
• Anther


  • Part of the male sex organ
  • Makes pollen
• Filament


  • Thin stalk that supports the anther
• Carpel


  • Female sex organs
  • Made of the stigma, the style and the ovary
• Stigma


  • Collects pollen
• Style


  • Connects the stigma to the ovary
• The egg


  Found inside the ovary; contains the egg cell