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Wednesday, 25 October 2017

An Aquatic Plant Identification Manual for Washington's Freshwater Plants


Parts of a flower

Flower: The reproductive part of a plant . Flowers may be male or female only, or both male and female (complete). 
Petals: The inner ring of the flower leaves. Often white or brightly colored to attract pollinators. 
Pistil: The female flower organ, consisting of the seed-bearing ovary, stigma and style. 
Sepals: The outermost ring of the flower leaves; often green and leafy in structure. 
Stamen: The male part of a flower, usually consisting of the stalk-like filament and the pollen bearing anther. 
Stigma: The upper tip of the pistil of the flower, receives the pollen. 
Style: The stalk-like portion of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary. 

Illustration from Aquatic Plant Identification and Herbicide Use Guide, Technical Report A-88-9. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. Used with permission
For further information log on website :
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/PROGRAMS/wq/plants/plantid2/drawings/flower.html

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