Glossary
A
the sac at the tip of the stamen; produces and protects pollen; on maturity it opens to expose the pollen
C
F
O
the egg awaiting fertilisation from genetic material delivered in pollen tube; may be one or many ovules per ovary
P
stalk holding up one flower or a group of flowers; called a pedicel for one flower on a stalk of multiple flowers.
the parts surrounding the pistil and stamen to protect them and to attract pollinators; may be absent
R
the axis (upper part of the stem) to which the floral parts are attached.
S
the outermost whorl protects flower bud, usually green and leaf-like, sometimes coloured; may be absent
the receptive surface of the pistil where pollen lands and germinates to produce the pollen tube