The Parts of a Flower AGR 161: Unit C

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The Parts of a FlowerAGR 161 Unit C
Stolen From Ann Morris, Science Advisory
Teacher, PPEC, 15.5.02 Edited By Jennifer Stewart
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Flower Objectives

• Identify the parts of a flower

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If you look carefully at a flower, you will see
that it is made up of many different parts.
Each part has an important job to do.
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Flowers have 4 different parts

• Sepals
• Petals
• Pistil
• Stamens

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Pedicel

• The flower stem

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Receptacle

• The place on the stem where floral organs attach
  and originate.

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Sepals

• Usually green leaflike structures that protect
  the flower, as it forms and emerges.

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• Sometimes sepals are colorful

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Calyx

• The group of sepals on a flower

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Petals

• Located just inside the sepals
• Leaf-like and often very colorful
• Attract pollinators

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Corolla

• The collection of petals on a flower

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Perianth

• The sepals and the petals of a flower. (Not the
  reproductive parts.)

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Review

• What are the petals?
• What are the sepals?
• What is the corolla?
• What is the calyx?